Acalyptris punctulata

Acalyptris punctulata
Mine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species: A. punctulata
Binomial name
Acalyptris punctulata
(Braun, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula punctulata Braun, 1910

Acalyptris punctulata is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. 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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