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Caloptilia gloriosa

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

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

The wingspan is 8.5–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer japonicum, Acer mono, Acer palmatum and Acer sieboldianum. 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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