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Caloptilia blandella

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Caloptilia blandella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. blandella
Binomial name
Caloptilia blandella
(Clemens, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia juglandivorella (Chambers, 1873)
Caloptilia blandella, walnut caloptilia, Size: 5.4 mm

Caloptilia blandella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known in Canada (Québec) and the United States (including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maine, Maryland, Texas, and Kentucky).[1]

The wingspan is about 9 millimetres (0.35 in).

The larvae feed on Carya ovata and Juglans nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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