Biology:Caloptilia leptophanes
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Short description: Species of moth
| Caloptilia leptophanes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. leptophanes
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia leptophanes (Meyrick, 1918)[1]
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Caloptilia leptophanes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria and South Africa .[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark iridescent purple with five slender shining whitish-yellow transverse fasciae, the first towards the base, irregular, the second at one-third, strongest, rather oblique, the third postmedian, direct, the fourth at three-fourths, reduced to slight irroration and the fifth towards the apex, attenuated beneath. There is a whitish-yellow apical speck. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5023457 entry
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