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Caloptilia syrphetias is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Brunei, China (Sichuan, Fujian, Hubei), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia (Pahang), Sri Lanka and Thailand.[2]

Caloptilia syrphetias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. syrphetias
Binomial name
Caloptilia syrphetias (Meyrick, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
Caloptilia perseella Kumata, 1982 Caloptilia zopherotarsa (Meyrick, 1936)

The wingspan is 13.5-16.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Persea thunbergii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

• Meyrick, 1906. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. P. 984

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