Caloptilia mandschurica

Caloptilia mandschurica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. mandschurica
Binomial name
Caloptilia mandschurica
(Christoph, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia mandshurica Ermolaev, 1977
  • Caloptilia mongolicae Kumata, 1982

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

The wingspan is 10.2-12.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus crispula, Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica and Quercus serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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