Acalyptris lesbia

Acalyptris lesbia is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Skala Kallonis on Lesbos in Greece.

Acalyptris lesbia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. lesbia
Binomial name
Acalyptris lesbia
van Nieukerken & Hull, 2007

The wingspan is 4-4.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Limonium gmelinii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a full-depth gallery, starting much contorted, often spirally, later becoming a full-depth mine with a narrow broken, brown frass line, following a straighter course through the leaf. The larval exit hole is located on the upperside of the leaf. The cocoon is white and usually spun on the underside of the leaf.

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