// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Caloptilia mabaella say? Leaf me alone.
| Hawaiian ebony leaf miner | |
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| Leaf mine on Diospyros sandwicensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. mabaella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia mabaella (Swezey, 1910) | |
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Caloptilia mabaella, the Hawaiian ebony leaf miner, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1910. It is only known from the Hawaiian island of Oahu in the United States.
The larvae feed on Diospyros sandwicensis, Diospyros hillebrandii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
[edit]- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
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