| Caloptilia vicinola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. vicinola |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia vicinola Vári, 1961[1] |
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Caloptilia vicinola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
The larvae feed on Monanthotaxis species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, transparent blotch-mine, often between two parallel veins and thus having an irregular square shape.