Caloptilia hypericella (Braun, 1918)
Caloptilia hypericella: https://mail.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/22031
Synonyms
Gracilaria hypericella  Hodges #0608 
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Caloptilia hypericella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. hypericella
Binomial name
Caloptilia hypericella
(Braun, 1918)

Caloptilia hypericella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (Cincinnati, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and West Virginia).[1]

The wingspan is about 8 mm.

The larvae feed on Hypericum cistifolium, Hypericum punctatum and Hypericum sphaerocarpum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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