| Caloptilia quercinigrella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. quercinigrella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia quercinigrella (Ely, 1915) |
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Caloptilia quercinigrella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Connecticut, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan and Texas).[1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They feed in a leaf cone. The larva chews a series of small holes through the leaf, both alongside the basal edge of the cone and on the adjacent area of the cone itself.