The wingspan is 14–16 millimetres (0.55–0.63 in).The moth has yellow marked orange brown forewings or almost unicolorous yellow. It is, then, similar to Caloptilia elongella and Caloptilia hemidactylella. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in June and July and again in September and October.[3]
The larvae feed on Betula pendula and Betula pubecens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts with an inconspicuous epidermal corridor. Later, a blotch is formed, that quickly develops into a tentiform mine. Generally, the mine is lower-surface, but upper-surface mines are not rare. The frass is deposited in a mass of grains in a corner of the mine. After leaving the mine, the larva moves twice. First it lives in a rolled or folded leaf margin and later in a leaf that is rolled downwards, starting from the leaf tip. Pupation takes place in a white, shining, parchment-like cocoon, that is attached to the leaf margin with silk.[4]
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^. 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
^"Red Birch Slender". Norfolk Moths. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
caloptilia, betulicola, birch, slender, moth, family, gracillariidae, found, from, scandinavia, north, european, russia, pyrenees, alps, from, ireland, poland, slovakia, east, found, china, japan, russian, east, birch, slender, scientific, classification, doma. 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 Red birch slender Scientific 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 1928Caloptilia dissecta Strand 1902 Caloptilia punctella Strand 1901 The wingspan is 14 16 millimetres 0 55 0 63 in The moth has yellow marked orange brown forewings or almost unicolorous yellow It is then similar to Caloptilia elongella and Caloptilia hemidactylella There are two generations per year with adults on wing in June and July and again in September and October 3 The larvae feed on Betula pendula and Betula pubecens They mine the leaves of their host plant The mine starts with an inconspicuous epidermal corridor Later a blotch is formed that quickly develops into a tentiform mine Generally the mine is lower surface but upper surface mines are not rare The frass is deposited in a mass of grains in a corner of the mine After leaving the mine the larva moves twice First it lives in a rolled or folded leaf margin and later in a leaf that is rolled downwards starting from the leaf tip Pupation takes place in a white shining parchment like cocoon that is attached to the leaf margin with silk 4 References edit Caloptilia betulicola M Hering 1928 2 5 Fauna Europaea July 23 2012 Archived from the original on February 7 2016 Retrieved March 25 2013 Red Birch Slender Norfolk Moths Retrieved March 25 2013 UKmoths bladmineerders nl Archived from the original on 2012 07 27 Retrieved 2010 11 04 External links editLepiforum de nbsp This article relating to moths in the genus Caloptilia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Caloptilia betulicola amp oldid 1141652594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
