Caloptilia flava, Crete - photo © K. Bormpoudaki
Caloptilia flava
MOTH INFO
Caloptilia flava is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.
Scientific name
Caloptilia flava (Staudinger, 1871)
Synonyms
Gracilaria flava (Staudinger, 1871)
Gracillaria impictipennella (Gerasimov, 1930)
Caloptilia glycyrrhizae (Deschka, 1979)
Common name
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Classification
Superfamily: Gracillarioidea > Family: Gracillariidae > Subfamily: Gracillariinae > Genus: Caloptilia
Wingspan
9-10 mm
Habitat
Biotopes with the larval food plant. The depicted species were spotted on a coastal area with Glycyrrhiza glabra plants.
Food plant
The larva is monophagous on Leguminosae (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and bores into the leaves.
Flight period
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Notes
The species has not yet been reported from Crete; identification is doubtful and based only on observation of external features, the area’s flora, and the food plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra), in which all stages of the species’ life cycle have been observed.
