Caloptilia acrotherma

Caloptilia acrotherma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. acrotherma
Binomial name
Caloptilia acrotherma
(Meyrick, 1908)

Caloptilia acrotherma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Indonesia (Java) and Sri Lanka.[1]

The larvae feed on Atylosia candollei and Cajanus cajan. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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