Caloptilia semifasciella

Caloptilia semifasciella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. semifasciella
Binomial name
Caloptilia semifasciella
Kumata, 1966[1]

Caloptilia semifasciella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Kyūshū in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer crataegifolium, Acer distylum, Acer micranthum, Acer rufinerve and Acer tschonoskii. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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