| Caloptilia roscipennella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. roscipennella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia roscipennella (Hübner, 1796) | |
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Caloptilia roscipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of central and southern Europe.
Adults are on wing from August to May and hibernate.
The larvae feed on Juglans regia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Older larvae leave the mine and live in a leaflet, rolled into a tube. Pupation under a silk membrane in a conical roll at the edge of a leaf.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
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| Caloptilia roscipennella |
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