Caloptilia deltanthes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Marquesas Islands.[1]

Caloptilia deltanthes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. deltanthes
Binomial name
Caloptilia deltanthes
(Meyrick, 1935)

The larvae feed on Glochidion ramiflorum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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