Caloptilia soyella

Caloptilia soyella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. soyella
Binomial name
Caloptilia soyella
(van Deventer, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria soyella Deventer, 1904

Caloptilia soyella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cape Verde, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan (Kyūshū, Honshū, Shikoku), Sri Lanka and Vietnam.[2]

The wingspan is 9-10.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, Dolichos species, Glycine max, Kummerovia striana, Lespedeza cyrtobotrya, Phaseolus calcaratus, Phaseolus mungo, Pueraria candollei, Soya hispida, Vigna angularis, Vigna mungo and Vigna umbellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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