Caloptilia nobilella

Caloptilia nobilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. nobilella
Binomial name
	Caloptilia nobilella; (Klimesch, 1942)
Synonyms
	Gracilaria nobilella Klimesch, 1942 ; Caloptilia nobilis ;

Caloptilia nobilella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Macedonia and the Istria peninsula in the Adriatic Sea.

The larvae feed on Laurus nobilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a winding, epidermal corridor, resembling a snail's trail, running towards the leaf margin. From here, a tentiform mine is made. The leaf margin folds over the mine. Older larvae leave the mine and continue feeding within a leaf folded into a cone. The pupa is made in an oval, almost glassy cocoon. Mines are only made in the youngest leaves, mainly in the shadow.^[2]

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2010-11-04.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2010-11-04.

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