Caloptilia fribergensis (Fritzsche, 1871) Species
Last modified: Jan. 9, 2023, 12:52 p.m.
Observed for the first time in Belgium in 2018 in LG.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Gracillariidae > Subfamily: Gracillariinae > Tribus: Gracillariini > Genus: Caloptilia > Species: Caloptilia fribergensis
- Vernacular names
- Saksische esdoornsteltmot (NL)
- First mention in Belgium
- Wullaert S. 2019a. Resultaten van de Werkgroep Bladmineerders uit 2018 met meldingen van minerende en andere zeldzame Lepidoptera in België en met tien nieuwe soorten voor de Belgische fauna (Blastobasidae, Gelechiidae, Gracillariidae, Nepticulidae en Tortricidae). — Phegea 47(2): 30–46. On page 38. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Ground colour brown, a long, more or less triangular, yellowish spot along the costa, reaching till just before the apex. Some very small brownish spots along the costa.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Greyish yellow.
Mine
Starting as a rather short, narrow, epidermal serpentine gallery on the underside of the leaf, the mine broadens into a small triangular blotch, most of the time in a vein axil.
See also gracillariidae.net.
Cocoon/pupa
Pupation in a yellowish transparent cocoon.
Bionomics
Later instars leave the mine and feed freely from a cone or a downwards folded leaf edge.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Acer monspessulanum and Acer pseudoplatanus
The species lives mainly on Acer monspessulanum, but has also been observed on Acer pseudoplatanus.
