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Caloptilia selenitis

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Caloptilia selenitis
Illustration of female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. selenitis
Binomial name
Caloptilia selenitis
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria selenitis Meyrick, 1909

Caloptilia selenitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.[1]

The larvae mine the leaves of Lophozonia menziesii.[2] The larvae form cocoons between the joined leaves of their host plant.[2] The late instar larva of make a pouch of two or three terminal leaves on twigs. Pouches containing larvae are shed and fall to the ground in autumn while the larvae are still present.

References

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  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ a b Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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