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Caloptilia kadsurae

Caloptilia kadsurae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species: C. kadsurae
Binomial name
Caloptilia kadsurae
Kumata, 1966

Caloptilia kadsurae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and the Ryukyu Islands).

The wingspan is 13–14 mm.

The larvae feed on Kadsura japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.



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