Caloptilia elaeas
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. elaeas
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| Caloptilia elaeas (Meyrick, 1911)
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Caloptilia elaeas is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.[1]
The larvae of this species feed on Coriaria plumosa, mining and folding the leaves.[2] It is likely that larvae of this species also feed on other Coriaria species.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ a b Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865: 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.
External links
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