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Caloptilia serotinella

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Cherry leaf roller
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. serotinella
Binomial name
Caloptilia serotinella
Ely, 1910

Caloptilia serotinella (cherry leaf roller) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, found in North America.[1]

The caterpillar generates the force required to roll leaves by stretching the silk strands it fixes between opposable plant surfaces.[2] It communicates with other cherry leaf rollers by scraping, plucking and vibrating.[3]

References

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  1. "Cherry Leaf Roller Caloptilia serotinella (Ely, 1910)". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
  2. Fitzgerald, T. D.; Clark, K. L. (1994-11-01). "Analysis of leaf-rolling behavior of Caloptilia serotinella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Journal of Insect Behavior. 7 (6): 859–872. Bibcode:1994JIBeh...7..859F. doi:10.1007/BF01997131. S2CID 22710826.
  3. Lynn E. Fletcher; Jayne E. Yack; Terrance D. Fitzgerald; and Ron R. Hoy (January 2006). "Vibrational Communication in the Cherry Leaf Roller Caterpillar Caloptilia serotinella (Gracillarioidea: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Journal of Insect Behavior. 19 (1): 1–18. Bibcode:2006JIBeh..19....1F. doi:10.1007/s10905-005-9007-y. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.