Caloptilia ostracodes

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Caloptilia ostracodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. ostracodes
Binomial name
Caloptilia ostracodes
(Turner, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cyphostica ostracodes Turner, 1917
  • Cyphostica zophonota Turner, 1927

Caloptilia ostracodes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tasmania.[2]

The larvae feed on Nothofagus cunninghami. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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