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Caloptilia syrphetias

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Caloptilia syrphetias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. syrphetias
Binomial name
Caloptilia syrphetias
(Meyrick, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia perseella Kumata, 1982
  • Caloptilia zopherotarsa (Meyrick, 1936)

Caloptilia syrphetias is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Brunei, China (Sichuan, Fujian, Hubei), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia (Pahang), Sri Lanka and Thailand.[2]

The wingspan is 13.5-16.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Persea thunbergii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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