Caloptilia cuculipennella

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Feathered slender
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. cuculipennella
Binomial name
Caloptilia cuculipennella
(Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea cuculipennellaHübner, 1796

Caloptilia cuculipennella (commonly known as the feathered slender) [1] is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Holarctic Region, including most of Europe. [2]

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The wingspan is 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in).The posterior tibiae are smooth above. Forewings are whitish, with numerous ochreous or brown strigulae finely irrorated with black; an oblique fascia near base hardly reaching costa, a second before middle hardly reaching dorsum, a third beyond middle interrupted in disc, and a costal spot at 3/4 ochreous or brownish, finely irrorated with black. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is green -whitish; head and plate of 2 brown. [3] The moth flies from July to September.The larvae feed on Fraxinus excelsior , Ligustrum vulgare and Syringa vulgaris .

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References

  1. "Feathered Slender". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description