Google   MPG (species pages only) MPG (entire website) Entire Web


Digital Guide to Moth Identification

North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library
Gracillariidae
3302030635Caloptilia scutellariella (Braun, 1923)
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
  • Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Microleps.org
  • Species Page at iNaturalist

Caloptilia scutellariella
Adult - © Tom Murray -
Genitalia - © Anthony W. Thomas

Higher resolution Genitalia Plate with EXIF and collection data at Tom Murray's PBase Gallery.


Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone