Caloptilia vicinola

Caloptilia vicinola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. vicinola
Binomial name
Caloptilia vicinola
Vári, 1961[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia vicinicola

Caloptilia vicinola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Monanthotaxis species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, transparent blotch-mine, often between two parallel veins and thus having an irregular square shape.

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