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Caloptilia ferruginella

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Caloptilia ferruginella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. ferruginella
Binomial name
Caloptilia ferruginella
(Braun, 1918)

Caloptilia ferruginella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (California).[1]

The larvae feed on Rhododendron occidentale. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf, later the larva rolls the leaf from the tip down into a cone.

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