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Caloptilia prismatica

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Caloptilia prismatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. prismatica
Binomial name
Caloptilia prismatica
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria prismatica Meyrick, 1907

Caloptilia prismatica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 13–15 mm, head and thorax are greyish-ochreous, mixed with dark grey. Forewings are dark greyish-ochreous, with prismatic violet or blue reflections, strewn with numerous small blackish dots in longitudinal series.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Meyrick, 1906. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. P. 983


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