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Caloptilia cataractias

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Caloptilia cataractias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. cataractias
Binomial name
Caloptilia cataractias
(Meyrick, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria cataractias Meyrick, 1921

Caloptilia cataractias is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Rhynchosia caribaea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The first part of the mine has the form of a narrow gallery on the underside of the leaf, the second part is a much wider gallery.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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