Caloptilia sapina
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| Species: | C. sapina
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| Caloptilia sapina (Vári, 1961)[1]
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Caloptilia sapina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Namibia and South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Sapium ellipticum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very irregular, semi-transparent or transparent blotch-mine.
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