Caloptilia selenitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. selenitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia selenitis (Meyrick, 1909)
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The larvae mine the leaves of Lophozonia menziesii.[2] The larvae form cocoons between the joined leaves of their host plant.[2] 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.
References
edit- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ a b 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.
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External links
edit- Responses of litter-dwelling arthropods and house mice to beech seeding in the Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand
- Image Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
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