| Caloptilia roscipennella | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Gracillariidae | 
| Genus: | Caloptilia | 
| Species: | C. roscipennella | 
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia roscipennella | |
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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. 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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