Food Plant: Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore): Elsewhere: also on Acer campestre (Field Maple), Acer platanoides (Norway Maple), Acer saccharinum (Sliver Maple)

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: July - August

Notes: Initially makes a full depth blotch mine then forms cones. A very rare moth in the UK. Needs to be bred to identify.

Bradley No: 291

National Status: pRDB1

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References:
Plant C, (2022), The Status of Caloptilia honoratella (Rebel, 1914) and Caloptilia hemidactylella ([Denis & Schiffermüller}, 1774) in Britain with a note on two similar additional Acer-feeding Caloptilia that might appear in Britain (Lep,; Gracillariidae). Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 134;1, 21-39