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Caloptilia glutinella

Wikipedia Abstract

Caloptilia glutinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada and the United States (Connecticut, Virginia and Kentucky). The larvae feed on Alnus species, including Alnus alnus and Alnus glutinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Prey / Diet

Alnus glutinosa (European alder)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caloptilia elongella1
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