Caloptilia prismatica
| Caloptilia prismatica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. prismatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia prismatica (Meyrick, 1907) | |
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Caloptilia prismatica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]
This species has a wingspan of 13-15 mm, head and thorax are greyish-ochreous, mixed with dark grey. Forewings are dark greyish-ochreous, with prismatic violet or blue reflections, strewn with numerous small blackish dots in longitudinal series.[2]
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