Caloptilia Hübner, 1825

Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2024, Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 1-51 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0613682E-532B-482F-A498-6714A01F5DE5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14041017
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B0122E24-7167-FF88-24BE-D59EFAFCF8B3
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scientific name	Caloptilia Hübner, 1825
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Caloptilia is a large genus, with over 300 species that are found worldwide. In South Africa, specifically, there are 27 known species (De Prins & De Prins 2011–2023b). However, the biology of 16 of these species remains unknown. The host plants of the remaining species reveal a certain preference for Anacardiaceae family (4 species).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Gracillariidae

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