Biology:Caloptilia alni

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Short description: Species of moth

Caloptilia alni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. alni
Binomial name
Caloptilia alni
Kumata, 1966[1]

Caloptilia alni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China , Japan (Honshū, Hokkaidō), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 14.5–16 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

Wikidata ☰ Q5023281 entry




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