Telamoptilia tiliae

Telamoptilia tiliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Telamoptilia
Species: T. tiliae
Binomial name
Telamoptilia tiliae
Kumata & Ermolaev, 1988[1]

Telamoptilia tiliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō) and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 6.8–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Tilia maximowicziana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Japanese Species Of The Acrocercops-Group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) Part II
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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