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Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Hawaiian ebony leaf miner | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. mabaella |
Binomial name | |
Caloptilia mabaella (Swezey, 1910) | |
Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Diospyros sandwicensis, Diospyros hillebrandii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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