Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Caloptilia suberinella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Caloptilia Rank Species | |
Similar Caloptilia populetorum, Caloptilia hemidactylella, Caloptilia elongella, Caloptilia cuculipennella, Euspilapteryx auroguttella | ||
Caloptilia suberinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia and China. It was recently recorded from North America (British Columbia).
The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are brown with dark brown and dirty white variegations.
The larvae feed on Betula species, including Betula platyphylla. They mine the leaves of their host plant at first, but later lives in a rolled leaf.
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