Caloptilia sapporella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Japan (Kyūshū, Shikoku, Hokkaidō, the Ryukyu Islands, Honshū), Korea and the Russian Far East.[2]

Caloptilia sapporella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. sapporella
Binomial name
Caloptilia sapporella
(Matsumura, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Graciltaria sapporella Matsumura, 1931
  • Caloptilia sapporensis (Kamijo, 1965)

The wingspan is 10–13.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Castanea crenata, Quercus acuminata, Quercus cerris, Quercus crispula, Quercus dentata, Quercus mongolica, Quercus serrata and Quercus variabilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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