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

Caloptilia leptophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. leptophanes
Binomial name
Caloptilia leptophanes (Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
Gracilaria leptophanes Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark iridescent purple with five slender shining whitish-yellow transverse fasciae, the first towards the base, irregular, the second at one-third, strongest, rather oblique, the third postmedian, direct, the fourth at three-fourths, reduced to slight irroration and the fifth towards the apex, attenuated beneath. There is a whitish-yellow apical speck. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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