Caloptilia syrphetias

Caloptilia syrphetias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. syrphetias
Binomial name
Caloptilia syrphetias
(Meyrick, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia perseella Kumata, 1982
  • Caloptilia zopherotarsa (Meyrick, 1936)

Caloptilia syrphetias is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Brunei, China (Sichuan, Fujian, Hubei), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia (Pahang), Sri Lanka and Thailand.[2]

The wingspan is 13.5-16.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Persea thunbergii. 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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