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Caloptilia geminata

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Species of moth

Caloptilia geminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. geminata
Binomial name
Caloptilia geminata
Kumata, 1966

Caloptilia geminata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū).

The wingspan is 10–13.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium hirtum and Vaccinium smallii. 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)
Taxon identifiers
Caloptilia geminata


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