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Caloptilia sapina

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

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

The larvae feed on Sapium ellipticum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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