Caloptilia roscipennella
Caloptilia roscipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of central and southern Europe.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. roscipennella |
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| Caloptilia roscipennella (Hübner, 1796)[1] | |
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Adults are on wing from August to May and hibernate.[2]
The larvae feed on Juglans regia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an epidermal corridor, which is either lower- or upper-surface. The corridor widens into a tentiform mine, usually close to the leaf margin. Older larvae leave the mine and live in a leaflet, rolled into a tube.[3] Pupation under a silk membrane in a conical roll at the edge of a leaf.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
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