Caloptilia prosticta
| Caloptilia prosticta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. prosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka.[2]
Host plants
Host plants of this species are : Cajanus cajani, Vigna unguiculata and Rhynchosia caribaea (Fabaceae)[3] [4][5]
References
- ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Triberti, P. 1987b. Contributions to the knowledge of the Gracillariidae-fauna from Malagasy region. II. Genera Macarostola Meyrick and Caloptilia Hübner (Lepidoptera). - Revue française d'Entomologie, N. S. 9(3):120–126.
- ↑ Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I. J., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernández, L. M. 2001. Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. - — :1–744.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.gracillariidae.net) (26-Jul-2014)
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