Caloptilia vibrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
Caloptilia vibrans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. vibrans |
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Caloptilia vibrans (Meyrick, 1918)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Clerodendron glabrum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow, very oblong, transparent or semi-transparent mine, either along midrib and veins or along edge of leaf.
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