Caloptilia semifascia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. semifascia |
Binomial name | |
Caloptilia semifascia | |
Synonyms | |
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Caloptilia semifascia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, Ireland, Iceland and the western part of the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from late July to October and again, after hibernating, until May. [2]
The larvae feed on Acer campestre . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The first part of the mine is a hardly visible upper-surface epidermal corridor. This later becomes a triangular blotch-mine. Older larvae leave the mine and live freely in a spun together leaf segment. The larvae makes three such cones, each increasing in size. These may or may not be made on the same leaf. Pupation takes place in a yellow cocoon. [3]
Some authors consider it a synonym of Caloptilia onustella .
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
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 coruscans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from south-western Europe and Thrace.
Caloptilia falconipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
Caloptilia fidella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany to Italy and North Macedonia and from France to Russia and Ukraine.
Caloptilia fribergensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from France, Germany, Poland and central Russia south to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and North Macedonia.
Caloptilia nobilella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Macedonia and the Istria peninsula in the Adriatic Sea.
Caloptilia robustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
Caloptilia roscipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of central and southern Europe.
Caloptilia stigmatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Holarctic Region, including all of Europe.
Caloptilia magnifica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the southern Alps and former Yugoslavia, and a subspecies of Japan.
Caloptilia leucapennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
Caloptilia alnivorella, the alder leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. The species was first described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is known from the Russian Far East, Canada and the United States.
Caloptilia blandella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec) the United States.
Caloptilia ferruginella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (California).
Caloptilia fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Caloptilia scutellariella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It has been recommended that this species be further studied as its placement within the genus Caloptilia is in need of clarification. It is known from Ontario, Canada, and Ohio and Michigan in the United States.
Caloptilia rhoifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Bermuda, Canada the United States.
Caloptilia porphyretica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from North Carolina and New Jersey in the United States.
Caloptilia ostryaeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Kentucky, Maine, Ohio and Vermont in the United States.