Caloptilia cruzorum

Caloptilia cruzorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. cruzorum
Binomial name
Caloptilia cruzorum
Landry, 2006

Caloptilia cruzorum is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.[1]

The larvae feed on Galactia species, probably Galactia striata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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