Caloptilia flava
Caloptilia flava is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from southern Russia and Rhodes.
| Caloptilia flava | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia flava (Staudinger, 1871)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Glycyrrhiza echinata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow, shallow corridor that may be so strongly contorted as to suggest a secondary blotch. This is continued into a lower-surface tentiform mine with a longitudinal fold, that causes the leaflet to curl over. Older larvae leave the mine and spin two leaflets together by connecting the upper surfaces. They then eat out these leaflets from the inside.[2]
References
- "Caloptilia flava (Staudinger, 1871)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
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