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Caloptilia burgessiella

Wikipedia Abstract

Caloptilia burgessiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (Massachusetts, California, Maine, Connecticut, New York, Vermont and Michigan). The larvae feed on Cornus asperifolia, Cornus candidissima, Cornus racemosa and Vaccinium corymbosum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
View Wikipedia Record: Caloptilia burgessiella

Prey / Diet

Cornus oblonga (gray dogwood)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chionaspis corni (dogwood scale)1
Chionaspis lintneri (Lintner scale)1

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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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