Caloptilia rhois

Caloptilia rhois
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. rhois
Binomial name
Caloptilia rhois
Kumata, 1982[1]

Caloptilia rhois is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shannxi, Sichuan, Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Henan), Hong Kong, Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Hokkaidō) and Korea.[2]

The wingspan is 11.8-13.2 mm. There are two forms, an aestival and an autumnal form.

The larvae feed on Rhus javanica and Toxicodendron succedaneum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ A taxonomic revision of the Gracillaria group occurring in Japan (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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