Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth
Caloptilia rhoifoliella Chambers, 1876
Sumac Leafblotch Miner Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/5535
Synonyms
Hodges #0630 
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76 Records

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Relationships

Host plants include Winged Sumac (Database of World's Lepidopteran Host Plants).

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Sumac leafblotch miner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. rhoifoliella
Binomial name
Caloptilia rhoifoliella
(Chambers, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Gracillaria rhoifoliella Chambers, 1876

Caloptilia rhoifoliella (sumac leafblotch miner) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Bermuda, Canada (including Manitoba, Québec and Ontario), and the United States (including Mississippi, New York, Kentucky, California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont, North Carolina, Illinois, Kansas and Louisiana).[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. Adults are on wing in September, November, March and April in Florida and in May in Texas.

The larvae feed on Rhus species (including Rhus copallina, Rhus lanceolata, Rhus toxicodendron and Rhus typhina), Schinus terebinthifolia, Toxicodendron pubescens and Toxicodendron radicans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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