Biology:Caloptilia sapina

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Short description: Species of moth

Caloptilia sapina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Caloptilia
Species:
C. sapina
Binomial name
Caloptilia sapina
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphyrophora sapina Vári, 1961

Caloptilia sapina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia and South Africa .[2]

The larvae feed on Sapium ellipticum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

Wikidata ☰ Q5023570 entry




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