Caloptilia mandschurica

Caloptilia mandschurica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Japan (Hokkaidō and Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

Caloptilia mandschurica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. mandschurica
Binomial name
Caloptilia mandschurica
(Christoph, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia mandshurica Ermolaev, 1977
  • Caloptilia mongolicae Kumata, 1982

The wingspan is 10.2–12.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus crispula, Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. 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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