Caloptilia speciosella

Caloptilia speciosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. speciosella
Binomial name
Caloptilia speciosella
(Braun, 1939)

Caloptilia speciosella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Ohio and Kentucky in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Acer rubrum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small transparent blotch. In its earliest linear stage, it is an underside mine, situated in the angle at the base of one of the heavier veins.

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