Caloptilia celtidis

Caloptilia celtidis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shannxi, Sichuan, Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan), Hong Kong and Japan (Kyūshū, Honshū).[2]

Caloptilia celtidis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. celtidis
Binomial name
Caloptilia celtidis
Kumata, 1982[1]

The wingspan is 9.2–12 mm. There are two seasonal colour forms, an autumnal form with a whitish, triangular costal blotch on the fore wing and an aestival form with a brassy-yellow costal blotch. Adults of the autumnal form are on wing in October and November, while the aestival form is on wing in July.

The larvae feed on Celtis jessoensis and Celtis sinensis. 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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