Caloptilia octopunctata
Caloptilia octopunctata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. octopunctata
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia octopunctata | |
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Caloptilia octopunctata is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, India, Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), New Zealand and Indonesia.[2]
The wingspan is 9–13 mm.
The larvae feed on Homalanthus species, Omalanthus populifolius, , and Sapium sebiferum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
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Categories:
- Caloptilia
- Moths of Asia
- Moths of Africa
- Moths of Oceania
- Moths described in 1894
- Caloptilia stubs