Caloptilia hemidactylella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: April 20, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
A very rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Gracillariidae > Subfamily: Gracillariinae > Tribus: Gracillariini > Genus: Caloptilia > Species: Caloptilia hemidactylella
- Vernacular names
- Bonte esdoornsteltmot (NL), Sycamore slender (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 145. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Ground colour brown, a yellowish triangular patch in the middle of the costa, containing some scattered brown scales. Yellowish scales between this patch and the apex.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Mine
At first a very narrow and inconspicuous gallery on the underside along the edge of a leaf lobe, then turning into a blotch in which all the plant tissue is eaten, leaving only the pallisade tissue.
See also gracillariidae.net and bladmineerders.be.
Bionomics
Free living instars construct three consecutive cones from a leaf lobe. Pupation on the underside of a leaf under a white silken cocoon, most of the time near the last cone. The species hibernates in the adult stage. The adults come sparsely to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: during July and early August and again from September till May.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Acer campestre and Acer pseudoplatanus
The larvae feed mainly on Acer campestre and to a much lesser extent on Acer platanoides.
