Calybites quadrisignella

Calybites quadrisignella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Central and Eastern Europe.

Calybites quadrisignella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Calybites
Species:
C. quadrisignella
Binomial name
Calybites quadrisignella
(Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria quadrisignella Zeller, 1839

The larvae feed on Rhamnus catharticus, Rhamnus frangula, Rhamnus imeritinus and Rhamnus saxatilis tinctorius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a lower-surface, epidermal corridor, widening into a small full depth blotch in a vein axle. Most frass is concentrated in the axle. Older larvae live freely within a rolled leaf margin.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2010-11-05.


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