Caloptilia betulicola

Red birch slender
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. betulicola
Binomial name
Caloptilia betulicola
(M. Hering, 1928)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria betulicola M. Hering, 1928
  • Caloptilia dissecta (Strand, 1902)
  • Caloptilia punctella (Strand, 1901)

Caloptilia betulicola, the red birch slender,[2] 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.

The wingspan is 14–16 millimetres (0.55–0.63 in). It is very similar to Caloptilia elongella and both species are quite variable.Identification requires microscopic examination of the genitalia.[3]


There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in June and July and again in September and October.[4]

The larvae feed on Betula pendula and Betula pubecens. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Caloptilia betulicola (M. Hering, 1928)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "Red Birch Slender". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  3. ^ Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  4. ^ UKmoths
  5. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2010-11-04.


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