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Caloptilia cecidophora

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

Caloptilia cecidophora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands)[2] and Taiwan.[3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm.

The larvae feed on Glochidion acuminatum, Glochidion obovatum, Glochidion rubrum. The first and second instar mine the leaves of their host plant along the vein.[3]

Cross section of the gall of Calotpilia cecidophora on Glochidion obovatum leaf, with the larva inside

References

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  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)
  3. ^ a b Giron, David; Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Françoise Laurans; Takeda, Seiji; Ohshima, Issei; Guiguet, Antoine (2019-05-01). "Origin of gall-inducing from leaf-mining in Caloptilia micromoths (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 6794. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43213-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6494848. PMID 31043653.