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Caloptilia isochrysa

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Species of moth

Caloptilia isochrysa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. isochrysa
Binomial name
Caloptilia isochrysa
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia solaris Kumata, 1966

Caloptilia isochrysa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the state of Meghalaya in India, the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū and Ryukyu in Japan and from Nepal.

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Cleyeria japonica. They likely 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 isochrysa


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