Caloptilia rufipennella

Small red slender
Scientific 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. .

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.

^ "Small Red Slender". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
^ "Caloptilia rufipennella (Hübner, 1796)". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2013.

External links

Lepiforum
Caloptilia rufipennella at UKmoths
Media related to Caloptilia rufipennella at Wikimedia Commons

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[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.

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