Caloptilia prismatica

Caloptilia prismatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. prismatica
Binomial name
	Caloptilia prismatica; (Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
	Gracilaria prismatica Meyrick, 1907 ;

Caloptilia prismatica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Sri Lanka.^[1]

This species has a wingspan of 13–15 mm, head and thorax are greyish-ochreous, mixed with dark grey. Forewings are dark greyish-ochreous, with prismatic violet or blue reflections, strewn with numerous small blackish dots in longitudinal series.^[2]

References

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

[2] Meyrick, 1906. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. P. 983

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