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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
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AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-
BEDELLIIDAE-
BLASTOBASIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-
COLEOPHORIDAE-
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-
COSSIDAE-
CRAMBIDAE-
DEPRESSARIIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-
ELACHISTIDAE-
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-
GEOMETRIDAE-
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-
GRACILLARIIDAE-
HELIOZELIDAE-
HEPIALIDAE-
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-
LECITHOCERIDAE-Long-horned Moths
LIMACODIDAE-
LYONETIIDAE-
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-
MIMALLONIDAE-
MOMPHIDAE-Mompha Moths
NEPTICULIDAE-
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-
OECOPHORIDAE-
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-
PRODOXIDAE-
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-
PYRALIDAE-
SATURNIIDAE-Saturniids
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-
SESIIDAE-
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-
TINEIDAE-
TISCHERIIDAE-
TORTRICIDAE-
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-
YPSOLOPHIDAE-
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Gracillariidae Members:
Acrocercops albinatella
Acrocercops astericola
Acrocercops unidentified species
Anarsioses aberrans
Aristaea pennsylvaniella
Caloptilia alnivorella
Caloptilia azaleella
Caloptilia belfragella
Caloptilia bimaculatella
Caloptilia blandella
Caloptilia cornusella
Caloptilia coroniella
Caloptilia flavella
Caloptilia glutinella
Caloptilia hypericella
Caloptilia invariabilis
Caloptilia juglandiella
Caloptilia negundella
Caloptilia ostryaeella
Caloptilia packardella
Caloptilia paradoxum
Caloptilia porphyretica
Caloptilia rhoifoliella
Caloptilia sassafrasella
Caloptilia serotinella
Caloptilia stigmatella
Caloptilia superbifrontella
Caloptilia triadicae
Caloptilia umbratella
Caloptilia unidentified species
Caloptilia violacella
Cameraria aceriella
Cameraria aesculisella
Cameraria arcuella
Cameraria bethunella
Cameraria betulivora
Cameraria caryaefoliella
Cameraria castaneaeella
Cameraria cincinnatiella
Cameraria conglomeratella
Cameraria corylisella
Cameraria fletcherella
Cameraria guttifinitella
Cameraria hamadryadella
Cameraria hamameliella
Cameraria lentella
Cameraria macrocarpella
Cameraria obstrictella
Cameraria ostryarella
Cameraria picturatella
Cameraria quercivorella
Cameraria saccharella
Cameraria tubiferella
Cameraria ulmella
Cameraria unidentified species
Chrysaster ostensackenella
Cremastobombycia ignota
Cremastobombycia solidaginis
Cremastobombycia unidentified species
Cryptolectica strigosa
Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella
Leucospilapteryx unidentified species
Leucospilapteryx venustella
Macrosaccus morrisella
Macrosaccus robiniella
Macrosaccus uhlerella
Marmara apocynella
Marmara fasciella
Marmara fraxinicola
Marmara serotinella
Marmara smilacisella
Marmara unidentified species
Marmara viburnella
Micrurapteryx salicifoliella
Neurobathra strigifinitella
New genus and species near Neurobathra
Parectopa lespedezaefoliella
Parectopa plantaginisella
Parectopa robiniella
Parectopa unidentified species
Parornix geminatella
Parornix obliterella
Parornix preciosella
Parornix unidentified species
Parornix vicinella
Phyllocnistis ampelopsiella
Phyllocnistis hyperpersea
Phyllocnistis insignis
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella
Phyllocnistis liriodendronella
Phyllocnistis New Species one
Phyllocnistis subpersea
Phyllocnistis unidentified species
Phyllocnistis vitegenella
Phyllocnistis vitifoliella
Phyllonorycter aeriferella
Phyllonorycter albanotella
Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
Phyllonorycter argentinotella
Phyllonorycter auronitens
Phyllonorycter basistrigella
Phyllonorycter caryaealbella
Phyllonorycter celtifoliella
Phyllonorycter celtisella
Phyllonorycter crataegella
Phyllonorycter diversella
Phyllonorycter fitchella
Phyllonorycter intermixta
Phyllonorycter lucetiella
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
Phyllonorycter maestingella
Phyllonorycter mariaeella
Phyllonorycter martiella
Phyllonorycter New Species one
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella
Phyllonorycter occitanica
Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella
Phyllonorycter propinquinella
Phyllonorycter quercialbella
Phyllonorycter salicifoliella
Phyllonorycter scudderella
Phyllonorycter tiliacella
Phyllonorycter trinotella
Phyllonorycter unidentified species
Phyllonorycter viburnella
Porphyrosela desmodiella
Porphyrosela minuta
Porphyrosela unidentified species
Povolnya quercinigrella
Telamoptilia hibiscivora
Caloptilia
Members:
Caloptilia alnivorella
Caloptilia azaleella
Caloptilia belfragella
Caloptilia bimaculatella
Caloptilia blandella
Caloptilia cornusella
Caloptilia coroniella
Caloptilia flavella
Caloptilia glutinella
Caloptilia hypericella
Caloptilia invariabilis
Caloptilia juglandiella
Caloptilia negundella
Caloptilia ostryaeella
Caloptilia packardella
Caloptilia paradoxum
Caloptilia porphyretica
Caloptilia rhoifoliella
Caloptilia sassafrasella
Caloptilia serotinella
Caloptilia stigmatella
Caloptilia superbifrontella
Caloptilia triadicae
Caloptilia umbratella
Caloptilia unidentified species
Caloptilia violacella
21 NC Records
Caloptilia ostryaeella
(Chambers, 1878) - No Common Name
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An example of the autumn color morph.
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A leaf roll on Ostrya virginiana that contained a single larva. This species always rolls the leaf tip downward to form a cone-shaped structure.
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A view of a leaf mine on the upper leaf surface of Ostrya virginiana. Note the finger-like projections that extend from the main mine and the darker frass lines. The darker blotches are probably areas damaged by a Coleophora species.
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A summer form adult.
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Gracillarioidea
Family:
Gracillariidae
Subfamily:
Gracillariinae
Tribe:
[Gracillariini]
P3 Number:
330140.00
MONA Number:
618.00
Comments:
Caloptilia
is a large genus with nearly 300 described species; 64 species have been described in North America north of Mexico. The larvae begin as leaf-mining sap-feeders, but the latter instars usually exit the mines and feed within a conical roll that begins at the leaf apex or at the tip of a leaf lobe.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Online Photographs:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
GBIF
,
BOLD
Technical Description, Adults:
Braun, 1912.
Technical Description, Immature Stages:
Braun, 1912; Eiseman, 2019.
Adult Markings:
This species is unusual among our
Caloptilia
in showing seasonal dimorphism that involves summer and autumn color morphs that differ markedly in patterning and coloration (Braun, 1912). In the summer form, the forewing is suffused with purplish bronze and has a pale golden region at the base that is broadest on the dorsum. A rounded costal triangle (costal patch) is present that is pale golden and extends outward as a band along the costa to the costal cilia. The pale patch typically has two or more tiny brown dots on the costa. The hindwings are fuscous and the cilia reddish. The antennae are ocherous, become darker toward the tip, and are broadly annulate with dark brown. The face, head and thorax are pale golden, with the vertex somewhat bronze. The front and middle legs are dark purplish brown except the tarsi, which are white and sometimes faintly tipped with black. The hind legs are pale yellowish.
The autumn form is drab relative to the summer form. The forewings are suffused with purplish brown and speckled with patches of darker brown scales. The base of the wing has a narrow edge of golden color instead of the broad golden patch at the base in the summer form. In darker specimens the golden edge is often missing. The costal triangle is pale and has a fine margin of dark scales along the costa. The costal triangle is separated from the pale patch beyond (with which it is continuous in the summer form) by a patch of dark brown scales on the costa. The golden yellow color of the costal triangle deepens into purplish brown toward the costa, where there are two or three small brown spots. The pale costal patch beyond is sometimes almost obsolete because of the darkening of the color and the large admixture of dark brown scales. The hindwings and cilia are fuscous, and the antennae are grayish and annulate with dark brown. The face is golden below, and the head and thorax bronzy gray. The legs resemble those of the summer form, except that the tibiae of the hind legs and the tarsi are more deeply shaded with brown.
Caloptilia negundella
closely resembles the summer form of
C. ostryaeella
and is most easily distinguished by the presence of a dark band on the upper tarsi of the front and middle legs. The band is missing on
C. ostryaeella
.
Wingspan:
Expanse: 9.5-10.5 mm (Braun, 1912)
Immatures and Development:
A larva initially forms a linear mine that spreads into a whitish blotch that usually has irregular, finger-like processes. The blotch later becomes transparent with a network of brownish frass trails. The larva eventually abandon the blotch and construct a feeding structure by rolling the leaf tip downward into a cone (Braun, 1912; Eiseman, 2019). The larvae use both
Ostrya
and
Carpinus
as hosts. When using
Ostrya
they tend to use the upper surface and center the blotch on a vein; when using
Carpinus
, they tend to use the lower surface and construct the blotch between two lateral veins.
Larvae ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
Caloptilia ostryaeella
is wide-ranging in eastern North America, with populations occurring from southern Canada and the northeastern US, southward to northern Florida. The species occurs westward to Louisiana and southeastern Texas in the south, and to the Great Lakes region to the north. Populations appear to be uncommon or absent in many areas of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain in the Southeast. As of 2019, we have only three county records for North Carolina.
County Map:
Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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