15.002 Caloptilia cuculipennella Copyright Martin Evans
 Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
 Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans  15.002 Caloptilia cuculipennella Copyright Martin Evans

Gracillariidae

15.002 Privet Stilt Caloptilia cuculipennella (Hübner, 1796)

Notable A

Similar species:

Forewing: 6 to 7mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, downland, rocky coastal slopes and undercliff.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms an upper surface, silvery blotch mine on a leaf of Wild Privet or Ash which causes the leaf to fold up over the mine. It then abandons it and lives in a downward rolled symmetrical cone formed at the end of a leaf. It pupates in a white cocoon in the cone with a preformed exit hole chewed in the leaf and covered in silk.