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Caloptilia alnicolella
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Caloptilia alnicolella

Caloptilia alnicolella is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Quebec) and the United States (Colorado and Maine).

The larvae feed on Alnus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. Later, the tip of a leaf is rolled downward.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 826460.