| Caloptilia sebastianiella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. sebastianiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia sebastianiella (Busck, 1900) | |
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Caloptilia sebastianiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.
The larvae feed on Gymnanthes lucida and Sebastiana fruticosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a brown, irregular, elongated upper blotch-mine, with the upper epidermis drawn into a longitudinal ridge.
References
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Caloptilia sebastianiella | |
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