Caloptilia suberinella

Caloptilia suberinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia and China.[2] It was recently recorded from North America (British Columbia).[3]

Caloptilia suberinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. suberinella
Binomial name
Caloptilia suberinella
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria suberinella Tengström, 1848
  • Caloptilia proteella (Frey, 1884)

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.[4] 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.[5]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
  4. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  5. Nieuwe en interessante Microlepidoptera uit Nederland in het jaar 1994 (Lepidoptera)


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