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Gracillariidae : Gracillariinae

Caloptilia semifascia

CALOPTILIA semifascia (Haworth, 1828)
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Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
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Description
Vernacular Names: Maple Slender : The semi White-bar(Haworth)
Wingspan: 10-12mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,ChannelIs.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Ireland,Lithuania,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia,Spain,The Netherlands & Ukraine)       
UK Distribution: Local in southern England and Wales north to Yorkshire and Cumbria but missing in the north Midlands.
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300  10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Gracillaria semifascia (Haworth, 1828)
Type Species - Caloptilia
  • Tinia upupaepennella Hübner, 1796
Type Locality -
  • England - prope Londinum infrequens - near London, sparsely populated
Flight Period: July - September -active until October, before hibernating until May - univoltine : possible double brooded population moving into southern England.
Habitat: Woodland : Hedgerows : Gardens
Similar Species:
  • None
Larva: Larva mines leaves of host plant before living in coned leaf-fold,with up to thee cones per leaf
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: Summer Generation - see photo 1 below - forewing yellowish brown to dark reddish brown,glossy shining purplish,with a yellowish square patch almost central from costa to wing fold.
Autumn generation - see photos 2 & 3 below - forewing brown or dark reddish brown,glossy,with angled white or yellowish streak from costa at one third to wing fold.
It should be noted that C.falconipennella (Hübner,[1813]) formerly Calybites hauderi (Rebel, 1906) is now treated as the summer brood of C. semifascia.(Micro moths of Great Britain)
Moth is attracted to light.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Larval Food Plants
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Animalia
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Gracillaroidea
Gracillariidae
Gracillariinae
CALOPTILIA Hübner 1825
Caloptilia semifascia (Haworth, 1828)
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Tinea upupaepennella Hübner, 1796
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GRACILLARIA semifascia (Haworth, 1828)
= Caloptilia onustella auct., nec Tinea onustella Hübner, 1813
= Caloptilia picipennella Zeller, 1847
= Caloptilia semifasciella Doubleday, 1859
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CALOPTILIA Hübner 1825
= Ornix Kollar 1832
= Poeciloptilia Hübner 1825
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Lepidoptera Britannica (4): Title Page : p.528 - n.6
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England - prope Londinum infrequens - near London, sparsely populated
References
Sterling.P, Parsons.M,Lewington.R - Micro moths of Great Britain and Ireland (2012)