Caloptilia vibrans

Caloptilia vibrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. vibrans
Binomial name
Caloptilia vibrans
(Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria vibrans Meyrick, 1918

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.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 07, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.