Caloptilia azaleella (Brants, 1913)
(Azalea Leaf Miner)

Interactions where Caloptilia azaleella is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf Captivity [Rhododendron (Azalea cultivars)] horticultural azaleas Ericales: Ericaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gracillariidae/Caloptilia azaleella/Caloptilia azaleellaazalea leaf minercaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron (Azalea cultivars)/Rhododendron (Azalea cultivars)horticultural azaleasliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced(winter-)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Caloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leaf Miner) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Caloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leaf Miner) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCaloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leaf Miner)
GenusCaloptilia (a genus of slender micro-moths)
SubfamilyGRACILLARIINAE (slender micro-moths)
FamilyGRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Caloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leaf Miner)

Caloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leaf Miner) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Caloptilia azaleella (Azalea Leaf Miner):

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