Caloptilia celtina

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Caloptilia celtina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. celtina
Binomial name
Caloptilia celtina
Vári, 1961 [1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia argyrochromaVári, 1961

Caloptilia celtina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. [2]

The larvae feed on Celtis africana . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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