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Caloptilia rhusina

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Species of moth

Caloptilia rhusina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. rhusina
Binomial name
Caloptilia rhusina
Vári, 1961

Caloptilia rhusina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

The larvae feed on Rhus lucida. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Caloptilia rhusina


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