Caloptilia celtina

Species of moth

Caloptilia celtina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. celtina
Binomial name
Caloptilia celtina
Vári, 1961[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia argyrochroma Vári, 1961

Caloptilia celtina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Celtis africana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Caloptilia celtina
  • Wikidata: Q5023326
  • Wikispecies: Caloptilia celtina
  • AfroMoths: CALOCELT
  • CoL: Q2PM
  • EoL: 306759
  • GBIF: 5104811
  • iNaturalist: 654977
  • IRMNG: 10957278
  • LepIndex: 126199
  • Open Tree of Life: 3037552


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