Caloptilia sapina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. sapina |
Binomial name | |
Caloptilia sapina (Vári, 1961)[1] |
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Caloptilia sapina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Namibia and South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Sapium ellipticum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very irregular, semi-transparent or transparent blotch-mine.