Caloptilia illicii

Caloptilia illicii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. illicii
Binomial name
Caloptilia illicii
Kumata, 1966[1]

Caloptilia illicii is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 15-16.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Illicium religiosum and Illicium tashiroi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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