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Caloptilia kadsurae

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

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

The wingspan is 13–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Kadsura japonica. 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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