Caloptilia alni

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Caloptilia alni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. alni
Binomial name
Caloptilia alni
Kumata, 1966[1]

Caloptilia alni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China, Japan (Honshū, Hokkaidō), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 14.5–16 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus hirsuta and Alnus japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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