Caloptilia monticola

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

Caloptilia monticola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China and Japan (Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer argutum, Acer distylum, Acer ginnala, Acer micranthum, Acer mono, Acer pentaphyllum, Acer rufinerve, Acer semenovii, Acer tschonoskii and Acer ukurunduense. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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