Caloptilia palaearcha

Caloptilia palaearcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. palaearcha
Binomial name
Caloptilia palaearcha
(Meyrick, 1930)

Caloptilia palaearcha is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Fiji.[1]

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

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