Caloptilia serotinella

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Caloptilia serotinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. serotinella
Binomial name
Caloptilia serotinella
Ely, 1910

The Cherry Leaf Roller (Caloptilia serotinella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family.

The caterpillar generates the force required to roll leaves by stretching the silk strands it fixes between opposable plant surfaces.[1] It is commonly referred to as the cherry leaf roller. It comunitates by either scraping, plucking, and vibrating.[2]

References

  1. http://www.springerlink.com/content/vp248615w1411064/
  2. http://http-server.carleton.ca/~jyack/pdfs/cherryleaf.pdf
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