Caloptilia maynei

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Caloptilia maynei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. maynei
Binomial name
Caloptilia maynei

Caloptilia maynei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. [2]

The larvae feed on Pseudospondias microcarpa . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)