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Caloptilia sapina

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Species of moth

Caloptilia sapina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. sapina
Binomial name
Caloptilia sapina
(Vári, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Sphyrophora sapina Vári, 1961

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

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)
Taxon identifiers
Caloptilia sapina


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