Biology:Caloptilia chrysitis

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Short description: Species of moth

Caloptilia chrysitis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. chrysitis
Binomial name
Caloptilia chrysitis
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • (Butler, 1880) (Meyrick, 1880)
  • Philpott, 1927 Caloptilia purpurea
  • Caloptilia adelina (Philpott, 1927)
  • Caloptilia rutilans Gracilaria purpurea

Caloptilia chrysitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] The larvae of this species mine and fold the leaves of species in the genera Weinmannia and Elaeocarpus as well as Knightia excelsa, although only rarely for the later species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 , pp. 71 , Wikidata Q45083134
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ↑  , Wikidata Q70104394

Wikidata ☰ Q5023333 entry




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