Caloptilia dondavisi

Caloptilia dondavisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. dondavisi
Binomial name
Caloptilia dondavisi
Landry, 2006

Caloptilia dondavisi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.[1]

The larvae feed on Rhynchosia minima. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". October 17, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.


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