Biology:Caloptilia mastopis
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Short description: Species of moth
Caloptilia mastopis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. mastopis
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia mastopis (Meyrick, 1918)
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Caloptilia mastopis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Maharashtra in India .[1]
The larvae feed on Litsea stocksii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow elongate blotch at the edge of a young leaf. It is found on the underside of the leaf.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5023473 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloptilia mastopis.
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