Caloptilia alni
Appearance
Caloptilia alni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. alni
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia alni Kumata, 1966[1]
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Caloptilia alni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Japan (Honshū, Hokkaidō), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]
The wingspan is 14.5–16 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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