Caloptilia nobilella
| Caloptilia nobilella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. nobilella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia nobilella (Klimesch, 1942)[1] | |
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Caloptilia laurifoliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Macedonia and Istria.
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]