Caloptilia blandella
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Species of moth
| Caloptilia blandella | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. blandella
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia blandella (Clemens, 1864)
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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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