Caloptilia kurokoi

Caloptilia kurokoi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China and Kyūshū, Japan.[2]

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

The wingspan is about 15.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer rufinerve. 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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