Caloptilia falconipennella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. falconipennella
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia falconipennella | |
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Caloptilia falconipennella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). The forewings are dark reddish-fuscous irrorated with whitish ; margins and fold dotted with black and an indistinct whitish triangular costal blotch before middle. Hindwings are dark grey.[2]
Adults are on wing in September and overwinter, reappearing in the spring.[3]
The larvae feed on alder (Alnus glutinosa).[4]