Caloptilia hidakensis

Caloptilia hidakensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan and from the Russian Far East.[2]

Caloptilia hidakensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. hidakensis
Binomial name
Caloptilia hidakensis
Kumata, 1966[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer mono. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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