Species Caloptilia blandella - Walnut Caloptilia - Hodges#0596 (original) (raw)

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)

Subfamily Gracillariinae

Genus Caloptilia

Species blandella (Walnut Caloptilia - Hodges#0596)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caloptilia blandella (Clemens, 1864)

Gracilaria blandella Clemens, 1864

Size

Wingspan approximately 9 mm.

Identification

Clemens (1864) original description as Gracilaria blandella is available online in the print references.

Range

Quebec to Texas and east to Virginia and Maine.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

The main flight period appears to be April to September. (1)

Food

The larval hosts include:

Juglans nigra (balck walnut).

Carya ovata (shagbark hickory).

Print References

Clemens, B., 1864. North American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: p. 505.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 June, 2009 - 7:44am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Corey Husic
Last updated 24 November, 2018 - 2:17pm