Caloptilia hemidactylella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. hemidactylella |
Binomial name | |
Caloptilia hemidactylella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
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Caloptilia hemidactylella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is mostly found in central and northern Europe, although there are recent records from Belgium and the Netherlands. [1] It is a rare species in Great Britain with no reliable records since the 1950s, when it was recorded in Gloucestershire. It is also believed to have been present in Northamptonshire in the 19th century.
The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Adults are on wing from September onwards.
The larvae feed on Acer campestre .
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Caloptilia alchimiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe and the Near East.
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Caloptilia is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Caloptilia betulicola, the red birch slender, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Scandinavia and the north of European Russia to the Pyrenees and Alps and from Ireland to Poland and Slovakia. In the east it is found up to China, Japan and the Russian Far East.
Caloptilia honoratella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Austria, Hungary, Iberia, Italy, the Netherlands and North Macedonia. The first British record, found in Cheriton, Kent was confirmed by examining the genitalia in April 2019.
Caloptilia coruscans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from south-western Europe and Thrace.
Caloptilia elongella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe east to eastern Russia. It is also found in North America from British Columbia, south to California and east in the north to New Hampshire and New York.
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Caloptilia flava is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from southern Russia and Rhodes.
Caloptilia robustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
Caloptilia stigmatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Holarctic Region, including all of Europe.
Caloptilia fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Caloptilia nondeterminata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It has been recorded in Oregon and Washington in the United States.
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