Caloptilia cataractias

Caloptilia cataractias is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.[2]

Caloptilia cataractias
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. cataractias
Binomial name
Caloptilia cataractias
(Meyrick, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria cataractias Meyrick, 1921

The larvae feed on Rhynchosia caribaea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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