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Caloptilia cornusella

Wikipedia Abstract

Caloptilia cornusella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Ontario and Québec) and the United States (Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Utah, Connecticut, Washington and Maryland). The larvae feed on Cornus species, including Cornus alternifolia, Cornus canadensis, Cornus candidissima, Cornus circinata, Cornus rugosa, Cornus sericea and Cornus stolonifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
View Wikipedia Record: Caloptilia cornusella

Prey / Diet

Cornus alternifolia (alternate-leaf dogwood)[1]
Cornus canadensis (Canadian bunchberry)[1]
Cornus sericea (redosier dogwood)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caloptilia canadensisella1
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
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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