Caloptilia suberinella
| Caloptilia suberinella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | C. suberinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Caloptilia suberinella (Tengström, 1848)[1] | |
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Caloptilia suberinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia and China.[2]
The larvae feed on Betula species, including Betula platyphylla. They mine the leaves of their host plant at first, but later lives in a rolled leaf.[4]