Caloptilia rufipennella (Hübner, 1796)

small red slender

mine

The mine begins as an inconspicuous, lower-surface, epidermal corridor. This widens into a smallish triangular blotch, usually in the axil of a vein; the mine is fairly transparant, and is about 6 mm in length. Older larvae live free, in in a lobe of the leaf that has been forced downwards and rolled into a cone. In the course of its development the larva makes three (rarely two) of such cones, ascending in size, on the same leaf or not; the first is no more than a downfolded leaf margin. Pupation in a membranaceous, yellowish cocoon at the underside of a leaf.

host plants

Sapindaceae, monophagous

Acer campestre, monspessulanum, negundo, opalus, platanoides, pseudoplatanus, saccharinum.

In Britain almost exclusively on A. pseudoplatanus.

phenology

Larvae from June to October, peaking in July.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Almost all Europe, except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Greenish, head lighter; see also Schmid.

pupa

See Patočka & Zach (1995a) or Patočka & Turčáni (2005a) for a description.

references

Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Biesenbaum (2010a), Buszko (1992b), Corver, Muus & Ellis (2011a), Csóka (2003a), Deschka & Wimmer (2000a), Deutschmann (2008a), Emmet (1971b, 1975a, 1986b), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1934b, 1939a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Jaworski (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Langmaid & Young (2009a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2015a), O’Keeffe (1993a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Patočka & Zach (1995a), De Prins (1998a, 2010a,b, 2011a), Robbins (1991a), Schmid (2019a), Shaw (1984a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a).