Caloptilia matsumurai

Caloptilia matsumurai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. matsumurai
Binomial name
Caloptilia matsumurai
Kumata, 1982[1]

Caloptilia matsumurai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Honshū, Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 11.7–13.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Toxicodendron sylvestre and Toxicodendron trichocarpum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ A taxonomic revision of the Gracillaria group occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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