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Caloptilia leptophanes

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Caloptilia leptophanes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. leptophanes
Binomial name
Caloptilia leptophanes
(Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria leptophanes Meyrick, 1918

Caloptilia leptophanes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria and South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark iridescent purple with five slender shining whitish-yellow transverse fasciae, the first towards the base, irregular, the second at one-third, strongest, rather oblique, the third postmedian, direct, the fourth at three-fourths, reduced to slight irroration and the fifth towards the apex, attenuated beneath. There is a whitish-yellow apical speck. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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