Caloptilia scaeodesma

Caloptilia scaeodesma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. scaeodesma
Binomial name
Caloptilia scaeodesma
(Meyrick, 1928)

Caloptilia scaeodesma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (including the Andaman Islands) Indonesia (the Anambas Islands), Malaysia (Selangor), Sri Lanka and Vanuatu.[1]

The larvae feed on Rhizophora and Sonneratia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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