Caloptilia melanocarpae

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Caloptilia melanocarpae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. melanocarpae
Binomial name
Caloptilia melanocarpae
(Braun, 1925)

Caloptilia melanocarpae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Quebec and the United States (Utah and California).[1]

The larvae feed on Prunus melanocarpa and Prunus virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow snail-like track, which becomes an elongate blotch on the underside of the leaf, located along the leaf margin.

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