Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera


Caloptilia porphyretica (Braun, 1923}


Family:
Subfamily:
Identification: Face head and base of thorax purple. Forewings purple with base of dorsum and the costal area yellow. See Braun (1923).
Wing Span:
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Rhododendron (Braun 1923), Vaccinium corymbosum (Highbush Blueberry) (Barry et al. 2010).
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Type locality: Balsam, NC.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: Pest in commercial highbush blueberries in NJ (Barry et al. 2010).
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