Caloptilia asplenifoliatella

Caloptilia asplenifoliatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nova Scotia and the United States (New Jersey).[1]

Caloptilia asplenifoliatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. asplenifoliatella
Binomial name
Caloptilia asplenifoliatella
(Darlington, 1949)

The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina and Myrica gale. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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