Caloptilia celtina
| Caloptilia celtina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. celtina |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia celtina Vári, 1961[1] | |
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Caloptilia celtina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Celtis africana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, irregular, very transparent blotch-mine in fork of two strong veins, usually near base of leaf or near midrib.