| Caloptilia selenitis | |
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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. selenitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia selenitis (Meyrick, 1909) | |
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Caloptilia selenitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.
The larvae mine the leaves of Lophozonia menziesii. The larvae form cocoons between the joined leaves of their host plant. The late instar larva of make a pouch of two or three terminal leaves on twigs. Pouches containing larvae are shed and fall to the ground in autumn while the larvae are still present.
References
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.
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External links
- Responses of litter-dwelling arthropods and house mice to beech seeding in the Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand
- Image Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
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