Caloptilia laurifoliae

Caloptilia laurifoliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. laurifoliae
Binomial name
Caloptilia laurifoliae
(M. Hering, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria laurifoliae M. Hering, 1927

Caloptilia laurifoliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira.

The larvae feed on Laurus azorica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a lower- or upper-surface, epidermal corridor that usually begins at the midrib and runs towards the leaf margin. From here, a tentiform mine is made that is partly hidden under the folded leaf margin. Older larvae live freely in a rolled leaf. Mines are usually made in young leaves.[2]

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