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Caloptilia aurantiaca

Synonyms: Gracilaria aurantiaca (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Caloptilia aurantiaca is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Madeira and the Canary Islands. The larvae feed on Hypericum canariense, Hypericum glandulosum, Hypericum inodorum and Hypericum reflexum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as an epidermal corridor, but later becomes a shallow tentiform mine. In the end, the larva lives freely under a folded leaf tip.
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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