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Caloptilia sapiivora

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Caloptilia sapiivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. sapiivora
Binomial name
Caloptilia sapiivora
Kumata, 1982[1]

Caloptilia sapiivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 11.2-12.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Sapium japonicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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