Caloptilia violacella

Caloptilia violacella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. violacella
Binomial name
	Caloptilia violacella; (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
	Caloptilia desmodifoliella (Clemens, 1865) ;

Caloptilia violacella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New York and Texas in the United States.^[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm.

The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, Desmodium species (including ) and . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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