Caloptilia burgessiella

Caloptilia burgessiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. burgessiella
Binomial name
Caloptilia burgessiella
(Zeller, 1873)

Caloptilia burgessiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (Massachusetts, California, Maine, Connecticut, New York, Vermont and Michigan).[1]

The larvae feed on Cornus asperifolia, Cornus florida, Cornus racemosa and Vaccinium corymbosum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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