Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Caloptilia sapporella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Caloptilia Rank Species | |
Similar Caloptilia, Ypsolopha, Gracillariidae, Quercus serrata | ||
Caloptilia sapporella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China, Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku, Hokkaidō, the Ryukyu Islands, Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.
The wingspan is 10-13.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acuminata, Quercus cerris, Quercus crispula, Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica, Quercus serrata and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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