Caloptilia onustella

Caloptilia onustella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. onustella
Binomial name
	Caloptilia onustella; (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
	Caloptilia nigrella (Predota, 1917) ; Caloptilia picipennella (Zeller, 1847) ; Caloptilia pulchella (Hauder) ; Caloptilia semifasciella (Bruand, 1858) ; Caloptilia semifasciella (Doubleday, 1859) ;

Caloptilia onustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from most of Europe, east to the European part of Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well as Morocco and Turkey.^[1]

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer campestre, Acer monspessulanum, Acer platanoides and Acer pseudoplatanus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy[edit]

Caloptilia semifascia is often considered to be a form (and thus synonym) of Caloptilia onustella.

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