Caloptilia roscipennella

Caloptilia roscipennella
Scientific classification
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 Gracillariidae family. 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. 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.

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