Caloptilia schisandrae

Caloptilia schisandrae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Zhejiang), Japan (Hokkaidō and Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

Caloptilia schisandrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. schisandrae
Binomial name
Caloptilia schisandrae
Kumata, 1966[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia schizandrae Ermolaev, 1986

The wingspan is 14.5-15.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Schisandra chinensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Descriptions of twenty new species of the genus Caloptilia Hübner from Japan including Ryukyu Islands (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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