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Caloptilia roscipennella

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Caloptilia roscipennella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. roscipennella
Binomial name
Caloptilia roscipennella
(Hübner, 1796)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea roscipennella Hübner, 1796

Caloptilia roscipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of central and southern Europe.

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. 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

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium
  3. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-04.