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Caloptilia pulverea

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

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

The wingspan is 12.5–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus firma, Alnus hirsuta, Alnus japonica, Alnus matsumurae, Alnus maximowiczii, Alnus rugosa and Alnus serratuloides. 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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