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Caloptilia rhoifoliella (Sumac Leafblotch Miner)

Wikipedia Abstract

The sumac leafblotch miner (Caloptilia rhoifoliella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Bermuda, Canada (including Manitoba, Québec and Ontario) the United States (including Mississippi, New York, Kentucky, California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont, North Carolina, Illinois, Kansas and Louisiana). The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are on wing in September, November, March and April in Florida and in May in Texas.
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Prey / Diet

Rhus copallina (prairie sumac)[1]
Schinus terebinthifolia (Florida holly)[1]
Searsia pyroides (staghorn sumac)[1]
Toxicodendron pubescens (poison oak)[1]
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cameraria guttifinitella2

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