Caloptilia rufipennella

Small red slender
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Caloptilia
Species:
C. rufipennella
Binomial name
Caloptilia rufipennella
Hübner, 1796

Caloptilia rufipennella (commonly known as small red slender)[1] is a moth of the family Gracillariidae that is found throughout Europe.[2]

The wingspan is 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). The forewings are chocolate brown to copper, usually cinnamon red with a white to yellow-greenish band along the wings. A few specimens are also yellow-red and have tiny black dots on their forewings. The legs are chocolate brown or black and have a striking pale band on the foretibia and a white admixture on the midfemur.The tarsi are white The larvae are greenish and have a light head.[3][4] .

The moth flies from August to the next spring.

The larvae feed on Acer pseudoplatanus in a short brownish underside mine before down-rolling the leaf tips.

References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Caloptilia rufipennella; see its history for attribution.

  1. ^ "Small Red Slender". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "Caloptilia rufipennella (Hübner, 1796)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. 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. ^ Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.


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