Caloptilia camphorae

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Caloptilia camphorae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. camphorae
Binomial name
Caloptilia camphorae
Kumata, 1982[1]

The Camphor leaf miner (Caloptilia camphorae) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands).[2]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Actinodaphne lancifolia, Cinnamomum camphora, Lindera praecox, Litsea coreana and Parabenzoin praecox. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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