''Caloptilia populiella'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
British Columbia, Canada, and
Colorado, United States.
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The larvae feed on ''Populus
''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
The we ...
'' species, including '' Populus tremuloides''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
References
populiella
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1875
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