Biology:Acalyptris punctulata
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Acalyptris |
| Species: | A. punctulata
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| Acalyptris punctulata (Braun, 1910)
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Acalyptris punctulata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in California .
The wingspan is 4.5–5.5 millimetres (0.18–0.22 in).
The larvae feed on Ceanothus cuneatus and Rhamnus californica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is a serpentine track, often bent back on itself and indistinct in its early stages on the thick-leaved Ceanothus. It is pale green with broad black line of frass on the Rhamnus leaves. The cocoon is reddish brown or grayish.
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- Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 43. Ithaca, New York: American Entomological Society/Cornell University Library. June 1917. http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=5077659_4253_002.
Wikidata ☰ Q4671798 entry
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