''Caloptilia pulchella'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
Canada (
Nova Scotia and
Québec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...
) the
United States (
Vermont).
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The larvae feed on '' Alnus incana'' and ''Alnus rugosa
''Alnus incana'', the grey alder or speckled alder, is a species of multi-stemmed, shrubby tree in the birch family, with a wide range across the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Tolerant of wetter soils, it can slowly spread with runners ...
''. 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
...
the leaves of their host plant.
References
pulchella
''Pulchella'' is a diatom genus in the family Naviculaceae.
Species
the genus contains seven described species.
*''Pulchella baicalensis''
*''Pulchella kriegeriana''
*''Pulchella minutissima''
*''Pulchella obsita''
*''Pulchella schwabei''
*'' ...
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1875
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