Caloptilia syringella

TaxID: 687287

Basic Information

Caloptilia syringella

Lilac Leafminer Moth

Gracillaria syringella (lilac leafminer or privet leafminer) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe. It has been introduced in North America. The wingspan is 10 C13 mm. The forewings are light yellowbrownish, towards base with whitish and dark fuscous strigulae; an oblique interrupted fascia about 1/4, a somewhat angulated median fascia (sometimes followed by a small costal spot), a tornal spot, a spot on costa beyond, and costal and terminal dots near apex white, black-margined; a blackish discal suffusion beyond middle. Hindwings are rather dark grey.The larva is whitish, sometimes greenish-tinged; dorsal line darker green; head brownish-tinged. The moth flies in May and again in July depending on the location. The caterpillars feed on ash (Fraxinus), privet (Ligustrum) and lilac (Syringa)

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Gracillariidae

Caloptilia

syringella

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Caloptilia syringella
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(c) unknown@CC0
Caloptilia syringella
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(c) cossus@BY-NC
Caloptilia syringella
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(c) Eric Running@BY-NC
Caloptilia syringella
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(c) Donald Hobern@BY
Caloptilia syringella
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(c) claudette-cormier@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile A1 list 2019
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature