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Caloptilia fribergensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from France, Germany, Poland and central Russia south to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and North Macedonia.

Caloptilia fribergensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Caloptilia
Species:	C. fribergensis
Binomial name
Caloptilia fribergensis (Fritzsche, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
Gracilaria fribergensis Fritzsche, 1871 Gracillaria monspessulanella Klimesch, 1942

The larvae feed on Acer monspessulanum and Acer pseudoplatanus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as an epidermal corridor, that later turns into a blotch and in the end becomes a small triangular full depth blotch, generally in a vein axle. Older larvae leave the mine and continue living freely. In small leaves, the larva may be found in a leaf cone. In larger leaves, it can be found under a folded leaf segment. Pupation takes place in a yellowish, transparent cocoon.[2]

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