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Acalyptris platani

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Acalyptris platani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. platani
Binomial name
Acalyptris platani
(Müller-Rutz, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Weberia platani Müller-Rutz, 1934
  • Niepeltia platani
  • Trifurcula platani

Acalyptris platani is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in southern Europe and western Asia, from Portugal to Iran. It has spread westwards from its original occurrence in the Balkans before 1930, and has since been found in western France and Switzerland. It has also been recorded from Menorca, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Turkey.

The wingspan is 5–5.4 mm. Adults are on wing from in May and June and again in July and August. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Platanus × hispanica and Platanus orientalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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