Caloptilia celtina
Appearance
Caloptilia celtina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. celtina
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia celtina Vári, 1961[1]
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Caloptilia celtina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Celtis africana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, irregular, very transparent blotch-mine in fork of two strong veins, usually near base of leaf or near midrib.
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