Caloptilia kisoensis

Caloptilia kisoensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

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

The wingspan is 11–13.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer ginnala and Acer mono. 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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