Caloptilia agrifoliella

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Caloptilia agrifoliella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. agrifoliella
Binomial name
Caloptilia agrifoliella
Opler, 1971

Caloptilia agrifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (California). [1] The larvae feed on Quercus agrifolia . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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