Caloptilia camaronae

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Caloptilia camaronae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. camaronae
Binomial name
Caloptilia camaronae
(Zeller, 1877)

Caloptilia camaronae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Colombia. [1]

The larvae feed on Uva camarona . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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