Caloptilia onustella

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Caloptilia onustella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. onustella
Binomial name
Caloptilia onustella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Caloptilia nigrella(Predota, 1917)
  • Caloptilia picipennella(Zeller, 1847)
  • Caloptilia pulchella(Hauder)
  • Caloptilia semifasciella(Bruand, 1858)
  • Caloptilia semifasciella(Doubleday, 1859)

Caloptilia onustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from most of Europe, east to the European part of Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well as Morocco and Turkey. [1]

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The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer campestre , Acer monspessulanum , Acer platanoides and Acer pseudoplatanus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

Caloptilia semifascia is often considered to be a form (and thus synonym) of Caloptilia onustella.

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