Caloptilia roscipennella (Hübner, 1796)
Juglans regia, Reusel
detail
leaf roll
Jugland regia, Belgium, prov. Brabant © Jorgen Ravoet
detail; © Jorgen Ravoet
Juglans regia, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Mouscron © Stéphane Claerebout: leaf roll
mine
Epidermal corridor, lower- or upper-surface. The corridor widens into a narrow tentiform mine, usually close to the leaf margin. After having vacated the mine the larva lives in a leaf roll.
hostplants
Juglandaceae, oligophagous
Buhr found the mines also on Pterocarya fraxinifolia, mainly on the numerous suckers.
phenology
Larvae in June-July and August-September (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE Until shortly only known from the provinces of Antwerpen and Brabant, on the basis of records from before 1980 (De Prins, 1998a); in 2004 found back in Brabant, and seen after 2004 in Antwerpen, West-Vlaanderen and Limburg (De Prins & Steeman, 2007).
NE recorded (Ellis, 2011).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Entire central and southern Europe; not in Ireland or the UK (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
pupa
pupa
Described by Patočka & Zach (1995a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
references
Biesenbaum (2010a), Buhr (1935b, 1936a), Buszko (1992b,c), Hering (1957a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Jaworski (2009a), Klimesch (1950c), Klimesch & Skala (1936b), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Lhomme (1934c), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Öztürk, Kaçar & Ulusoy (2015a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Patočka & Zach (1995a), Prick, Schreurs & van Noort (2018a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2013a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Szőcs (1977a), Ureche (2010a).