Photo © Dave Cooke
Caloptilia falconipennella
Checklist Number15.011 [B&F: 0289]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Subfamily: | Gracillariinae |
| Genus: | Caloptilia |
| Species: | falconipennella |
| Authority: | (Hübner, [1813]) |
Nationally scarce (Nb) in marshes, river-banks, ditches and other damp areas throughout Britain, discontinuously north to Dunbartonshire. In Hampshire increased interest in recent years in micro-lepidoptera has uncovered a number of sites in the south-east and north-east of the county, so it is perhaps more widespread than previously known, or possibly increasing in range. Recorded for the first time on the Isle of Wight at Freshwater in 2011. Wingspan 12-14 mm. Larva mines leaves of Alder, make distinctive conical leaf-folds.
The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:
No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
