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Caloptilia roscipennella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Caloptilia roscipennella

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Caloptilia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Caloptilia, Butterflies and moths, Caloptilia cuculipennella, Micrurapteryx kollariella, Parornix torquillella

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.

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. Pupation under a silk membrane in a conical roll at the edge of a leaf.

References

Caloptilia roscipennella Wikipedia