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Caloptilia minimella

Wikipedia Abstract

Caloptilia minimella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Connecticut, Illinois and Maine in the United States. The larvae feed on Gymnanthes lucida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Prey / Diet

Gymnanthes lucida (oysterwood)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caloptilia sebastianiella1

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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