Caloptilia sachalinella

Caloptilia sachalinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. sachalinella
Binomial name
Caloptilia sachalinella
Ermolaev, 1984

Caloptilia sachalinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Russian Far East.[1]

The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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