Caloptilia xanthopharella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. xanthopharella |
Binomial name | |
Caloptilia xanthopharella | |
Synonyms | |
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Caloptilia xanthopharella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Australia (Queensland and New South Wales), Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. [2]
The larvae feed on Glochidion species, including Glochidion ferdinandi . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Glochidion is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Phyllanthaceae, known as cheese trees or buttonwood in Australia, and leafflower trees in the scientific literature. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands. Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor. The Nicobarese people have attested to the medicinal properties found in G. calocarpum, saying that its bark and seed are most effective in curing abdominal disorders associated with amoebiasis.
Glochidion ferdinandi, with common names that include cheese tree, is a species of small to medium–sized trees, constituting part of the plant family Phyllanthaceae. They grow naturally across eastern Australia, from south–eastern New South Wales northwards to northern and inland Queensland, in rainforests and humid eucalypt forests. Frugivorous birds such as pigeons, figbirds and parrots consume its fruit.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Calybites lepidella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New South Wales, Australia.
Diphtheroptila ochridorsellum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New South Wales, Australia.
Epicephala colymbetella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the states of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
Caloptilia ryukyuensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Caloptilia cecidophora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and Taiwan.
Caloptilia deltanthes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Marquesas Islands.
Acrocercops strophala is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is commonly found in India, Indonesia (Java), Samoa, Guadalcanal and Sri Lanka.
Epicephala lanceolaria is a leafflower moth of the family Gracillariidae. The only known host of the larva is Glochidion lanceolarium which is pollinated by the imago.
Epicephala eriocarpa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Fujian, China.
Epicephala bipollenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Fujian, China and the Ryukyu Archipelago.
Epicephala domina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in China (Hainan).
Epicephala impolliniferens is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in China (Hainan).
Epicephala camurella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in China (Hainan).
Epicephala angustisaccula is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in China (Hainan).
Epicephala anthophilia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found on a few islands with high elevation in the Ryukyu Archipelago (Amami Island and Okinawa Island). The host plant, Glochidion acuminatum is distributed throughout Southeast Asia from southern Japan to India, so this species is likely to be found in other parts of the host plant's range.
Epicephala obovatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in the warm temperate to subtropical regions of Japan and in Taiwan.
Epicephala corruptrix is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found on the Ryukyu Archipelago.
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