Caloptilia ostracodes

Caloptilia ostracodes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tasmania, Australia.[2]

Caloptilia ostracodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. ostracodes
Binomial name
Caloptilia ostracodes
(Turner, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyphostica ostracodes Turner, 1917
  • Cyphostica zophonota Turner, 1927

The larvae feed on Nothofagus cunninghami. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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