''Caloptilia querci'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands) and
Korea.
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The wingspan is 12-14.2 mm.
The larvae feed on '' Castanea crenata'', '' Castanopsis cuspidata'', '' Quercus acutissima'', '' Quercus glauca'' and '' Quercus mongolica''. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
querci
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1982
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