Caloptilia linearis
Caloptilia linearis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. linearis |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia linearis (Butler, 1877) | |
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The larvae feed on Coriaria species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Butler, Arthur G. (1877). "On two Collections of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new Genera and Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877 (3): 406; Pl. 43, Fig. 16.
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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