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Caloptilia schisandrae

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Caloptilia schisandrae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. schisandrae
Binomial name
Caloptilia schisandrae
Kumata, 1966[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia schizandrae Ermolaev, 1986

Caloptilia schisandrae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Zhejiang), Japan (Hokkaidō and Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 14.5-15.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Schisandra chinensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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