Caloptilia linearis

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Caloptilia linearis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. linearis
Binomial name
Caloptilia linearis
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria linearis Butler, 1877[1]

Caloptilia linearis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.[2]

The larvae feed on Coriaria species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References[]

  1. ^ Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On two Collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new Genera and Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877 (3): 406; Pl. 43, Fig. 16. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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