Caloptilia schinusifolia
| Caloptilia schinusifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. schinusifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia schinusifolia D.R. Davis & Wheeler, 2011
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Caloptilia schinusifolia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The larvae feed on Schinus terebinthifolius and Lithrea molleoides.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
References
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- ^ Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013. A new genus and species of leaf miner (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) for Chile associated to the native tree Lithraea caustica. Rev. Bras. entomol. vol.57 no.2
- ^ Davis, D.R. , F. Mc Kay , M. Oleiro, Marcelo Diniz Vitorino & G.S. Wheeler, 2011: Biology and systematics of the leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus terebinthifolus Raddi, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 65 (2): 61-93.