''Caloptilia fraxinella'' (ash leaf cone roller moth) is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
Canada (Québec, Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan) and the
United States (Michigan, Vermont, Ohio, Connecticut, New York and Maine).
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) ''Caloptilia fraxinella''
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It is considered a significant pest of horticultural ash.
The larvae feed on ''Fraxinus
''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...
'' species (including '' Fraxinus americana'', ''Fraxinus mandshurica
''Fraxinus mandshurica'', the Manchurian ash, is a species of ''Fraxinus'' native to northeastern Asia in northern China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi), Korea, Japan and southeastern Russia (Sakhalin ...
'', ''Fraxinus nigra
''Fraxinus nigra'', the black ash, is a species of ash native to much of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, from western Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Illinois and northern Virginia. Formerly abundant, a ...
'' and ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica
''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'', the green ash or red ash, is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to Oklahoma and e ...
'') and ''Ligustrum
A privet is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ligustrum''. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and nat ...
'' species. They mine
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the leaves of their host plant.
External links
Caloptilia at microleps.orgmothphotographersgroupBug GuideBiology of Caloptilia Fraxinella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Ornamental Green Ash, Fraxinus Pennsylvanica (Oleaceae)
References
fraxinella
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1915
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