Biology:Caloptilia soyella
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Short description: Species of moth
Caloptilia soyella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. soyella
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia soyella (van Deventer, 1904)[1]
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Caloptilia soyella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cape Verde, China , Fiji, India , Indonesia (Java), Japan (Kyūshū, Honshū, Shikoku), Sri Lanka and Vietnam.[2]
The wingspan is 9–10.2 mm.
The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, Dolichos species, Glycine max, Kummerovia striana, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya, Phaseolus calcaratus, Phaseolus mungo, Pueraria candollei, Soya hispida, Vigna angularis, Vigna mungo and Vigna umbellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5023591 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloptilia soyella.
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