Caloptilia fidella (Reutti, 1853)
Celtis australis, Hungary, Budapest-Kamaraerdő, 24.viii.2020 © László Érsek
same leaf, underside
underside of a mine
Humulus lupulus, Belgium, prov. Liège, Angleur, Ile aux Corsaires, , 18.x.2010 © Jean-Yves Baugnée: young mines
Humulus lupulus Belgium, Liège, mine, underside © Jean-Yves Baugnée
leaf roll
Humulus lupulus, Belgium, prov Namur, Huy, Vallon de la Solière © Stéphane Claerebout
the shining cocoon, characteristic for Calopilia
pupa
mine
Small, triangular, full depth, blotch mine in a vein axil. Part of the frass is ejected, what remains lies scattered in the mine. Older larvae live free under consecutively three leaf margins or leaf lobes that are rolled downwards.
host plants
Cannabaceae, oligophagous
Celtis australis; Humulus lupulus.
phenology
Larvae in July and September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Baugnée & De Prins, 2010a).
NE Found in 2009 on several places in the province of Zuid-Limburg by Arnold Schreurs and Martien van Stiphout (Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009)
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to Italy and Macedonia, and from France to Russia and the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009); Iberia (Laštůvka & Laštůvka, 2015a).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Patočka & Zach (1995a).
synonyms
Gracillaria onustella: auctorum nec Hübner, 1813.
parasitoids, predators
references
Baugnée & De Prins (2010a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Biesenbaum (2010a), Bouček (1959a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Corley, Marabuto, Maravalhas ao (2009a), Corley, Marabuto & Pires (2007a), Fazekas & Schreurs (2012a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1925b, 1957a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huemer & Wieser (2003a), Huisman, Koster, Muus & van Nieukerken (2013a), Ivinskis, Rimšaitė & Pūtys (2020a), Jaworski (2009a), Klimesch (1942a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2015a), Leutsch (2011a), Lhomme (1934c), Maček (1999a), Opheim (1977a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Patočka & Zach (1995a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Roweck & Savenkov (2010a), Schütze (1931a), Shin, Lee & Byun (2015a), Szőcs (1977a), Walczak (2011a), Watson, Eaton & McClennon-Warnock (2021a), Watson & McClennon-Warnock (2022a).