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Caloptilia rhusina

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Caloptilia rhusina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. rhusina
Binomial name
Caloptilia rhusina
Vári, 1961[1]

Caloptilia rhusina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Rhus lucida. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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