Caloptilia chalcodelta

Caloptilia chalcodelta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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. 1 2 3 "Caloptilia chalcodelta (Meyrick, 1889)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 154–188. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q56065895.
  3. ↑ Hoare, Robert J. B.; Patrick, Brian; Buckley, Thomas Robert (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. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.