Caloptilia rufipennella

Caloptilia rufipennella (commonly known as small red slender)^[1] is a moth of the family Gracillariidae that is found throughout Europe.^[2]

Small red slender
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. rufipennella
Binomial name
Caloptilia rufipennella Hübner, 1796

The wingspan is 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). The forewings are chocolate brown to copper, usually cinnamon red with a white to yellow-greenish band along the wings. A few specimens are also yellow-red and have tiny black dots on their forewings. The legs are chocolate brown or black and have a striking pale band on the foretibia and a white admixture on the midfemur.The tarsi are white The larvae are greenish and have a light head.^[3][4] .

The moth flies from August to the next spring.

The larvae feed on Acer pseudoplatanus in a short brownish underside mine before down-rolling the leaf tips.