Caloptilia linearis

Caloptilia linearis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. linearis
Binomial name
Caloptilia linearis
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria linearis Butler, 1877
1877 illustration of Caloptilia linearis

Caloptilia linearis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.

The larvae of this species mine and fold the leaves of Coriaria arborea.

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 "Caloptilia linearis (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  3. ↑ Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1877). "On two Collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new Genera and Species". Journal of Zoology. 1877: 406. ISSN 1469-7998. Wikidata Q109479517.
  4. ↑ 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.