Misplaced Pages

Caloptilia chalcodelta

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of moth

Caloptilia chalcodelta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. chalcodelta
Binomial name
Caloptilia chalcodelta
(Meyrick, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Gracillaria chalcodelta Meyrick, 1889

Caloptilia chalcodelta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The larvae of this species mine and fold leaves of species in the genus Nestegis.

References

  1. ^ "Caloptilia chalcodelta (Meyrick, 1889)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. Edward Meyrick (May 1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 154–188. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q56065895.
  3. Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.
Taxon identifiers
Caloptilia chalcodelta


Stub icon

This article relating to moths in the genus Caloptilia is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: