Caloptilia elaeas

Caloptilia elaeas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. elaeas
Binomial name
	Caloptilia elaeas; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Gracilaria elaeas Meyrick, 1911 ;

Caloptilia elaeas is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.[1]

The larvae of this species feed on Coriaria plumosa, mining and folding the leaves.[2] It is likely that larvae of this species also feed on other Coriaria species.[2]

References

Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865 (865): 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

[Hoare2019-2] Robert J. B. Hoare; Brian H Patrick; Thomas R. Buckley (22 July 2019). "A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae". ZooKeys. 865 (865): 39–65. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.865.34265. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 6663935. PMID 31379443. Wikidata Q70104394.