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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. rufipennella
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia rufipennella
Hübner, 1796
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Caloptilia rufipennella (commonly known as small red slender) [1] is a moth of the family Gracillariidae that is found throughout Europe. [2]
The wingspan is 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). It is a small brown Caloptilia with whitish bands at the top of the forelegs . The moth flies from August to the next spring.
The larvae feed on Acer pseudoplatanus.
Small red slender | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Caloptilia |
Species: | C. rufipennella
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Binomial name | |
Caloptilia rufipennella
Hübner, 1796
|
Caloptilia rufipennella (commonly known as small red slender) [1] is a moth of the family Gracillariidae that is found throughout Europe. [2]
The wingspan is 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). It is a small brown Caloptilia with whitish bands at the top of the forelegs . The moth flies from August to the next spring.
The larvae feed on Acer pseudoplatanus.