Caloptilia kadsurae

Caloptilia kadsurae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands).[2]

Caloptilia kadsurae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. kadsurae
Binomial name
Caloptilia kadsurae
Kumata, 1966[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Kadsura japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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