Caloptilia ostracodes

Caloptilia ostracodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. ostracodes
Binomial name
Caloptilia ostracodes (Turner, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
Cyphostica ostracodes Turner, 1917 Cyphostica zophonota Turner, 1927

Caloptilia ostracodes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tasmania.^[2]

The larvae feed on Nothofagus cunninghami. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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