Caloptilia linearis

Caloptilia linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. linearis
Binomial name
Caloptilia linearis
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria linearis Butler, 1877[1]

Caloptilia linearis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New Zealand.[2]

The larvae feed on Coriaria species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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