Caloptilia prosticta

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Caloptilia prosticta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. prosticta
Binomial name
Caloptilia prosticta
(Meyrick, 1909) [1] [ dead link ]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria prostictaMeyrick, 1909

Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka. [2]

Host plants

Host plants of this species are : Cajanus cajani , Vigna unguiculata and Rhynchosia caribaea (Fabaceae) [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. Triberti, P. 1987b. Contributions to the knowledge of the Gracillariidae-fauna from Malagasy region. II. Genera Macarostola Meyrick and Caloptilia Hübner (Lepidoptera). - Revue française d'Entomologie, N. S. 9(3):120–126.
  4. Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744.
  5. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.gracillariidae.net) (26-Jul-2014)