Caloptilia vibrans
| Caloptilia vibrans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. vibrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia vibrans (Meyrick, 1918)[1] | |
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Caloptilia vibrans is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Clerodendron glabrum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow, very oblong, transparent or semi-transparent mine, either along midrib and veins or along edge of leaf.
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