Caloptilia xanthopharella
| Caloptilia xanthopharella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. xanthopharella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia xanthopharella (Meyrick, 1880)[1] | |
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Caloptilia xanthopharella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Australia (Queensland and New South Wales), Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.[2]
The larvae feed on Glochidion species, including Glochidion ferdinandi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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