Caloptilia ostryaeella
Encyclopedia
Caloptilia ostryaeella is a moth
of the Gracillariidae
family. It is known from Québec and the United States
(including Kentucky, Maine, Ohio and Vermont).
The larva
e feed on Carpinus and Ostrya
species, including Ostrya virginiana
and Ostrya virginica. They mine
the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear, whitish mine on the upperside of the leaf. The leaf cone is at the apex of the leaf.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
family. It is known from Québec and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(including Kentucky, Maine, Ohio and Vermont).
The larva
Larva
A larva is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle...
e feed on Carpinus and Ostrya
Ostrya
Ostrya is a genus of eight to ten small deciduous trees belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. Its common name is Hophornbeam in American English and Hop-hornbeam in British English. It may also be called ironwood, a name shared with a number of other plants.The genus is native in southern...
species, including Ostrya virginiana
Ostrya virginiana
Ostrya virginiana , is a species of Ostrya native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and eastern Wyoming, southeast to northern Florida and southwest to eastern Texas and northeastern Mexico...
and Ostrya virginica. They mine
Leaf miner
Leaf miner is a term used to describe the larvae of many different species of insect which live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths , sawflies and flies , though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior.Like Woodboring beetles, leaf...
the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear, whitish mine on the upperside of the leaf. The leaf cone is at the apex of the leaf.