Caloptilia recitata
| Caloptilia recitata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. recitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia recitata | |
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Caloptilia recitata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Sichuan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou), Hong Kong, India (Meghalaya, Assam), Japan (Honshū, the Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku, Kyūshū) and Nepal.[2]
The wingspan is 10–13 mm.
The larvae feed on Cotinus coggygria, Rhus javanica, Toxicodendron sylvestre and Toxicodendron trichocarpum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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