Caloptilia ostryaeella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. ostryaeella
Binomial name
Caloptilia ostryaeella
(Chambers, 1878)

Caloptilia ostryaeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Kentucky, Maine, Ohio and Vermont in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Carpinus and Ostrya species, including Ostrya virginiana and Ostrya virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear, whitish mine on the upper side of the leaf. The leaf cone is at the apex of the leaf.

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