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Caloptilia selenitis

Wikipedia Abstract

Caloptilia selenitis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand. The larvae feed on Fagus species, including Fagus menziesii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The late instar larva of make a pouch of two or three terminal leaves on twigs. Pouches containing larvae are shed and fall to the ground in autumn while the larvae are still present.
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Prey / Diet

Nothofagus menziesii (Silver Beech)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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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