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Caloptilia asplenifoliatella

Wikipedia Abstract

Caloptilia asplenifoliatella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Nova Scotia and the United States (New Jersey). The larvae feed on Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina and Myrica gale. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Prey / Diet

Comptonia peregrina (sweet fern)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Parornix peregrinaella1
Phyllonorycter comptoniella1

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0