Caloptilia violacella
| Caloptilia violacella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. violacella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia violacella (Clemens, 1860) | |
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Caloptilia violacella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New York and Texas in the United States.[1]
The wingspan is about 10 mm.
The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, Desmodium species (including Desmodium rotundifolium) and Meibomia dillenii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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