Caloptilia octopunctata
| Caloptilia octopunctata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. octopunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia octopunctata | |
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Caloptilia octopunctata is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, India, Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), New Zealand and Indonesia.[2]
The wingspan is 9–13 mm.
The larvae feed on Homalanthus species, Omalanthus populifolius, Sapium ellipticum, Sapium indicum and Sapium sebiferum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ "Notes On Caloptilia (Sphyrophora) octopunctata (Turner, 1894) Of India, With Description Of Its Larva (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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