Caloptilia querci
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. querci
Binomial name
Caloptilia querci
Kumata, 1982[1]

Caloptilia querci is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands) and Korea.[2]

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.

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