Alder Stilt

Caloptilia elongella

Caloptilia elongella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, first described by the Swedish biologist and physician Carl Linnaeus, from a specimen moth found in Småland, Sweden in 1761.MBGBI It is known from all of Europe east to eastern Russia. It is also found in North America from British Columbia, south to California and east in the north to New Hampshire and New York.

Scientific name
Caloptilia elongella
Family
Gracillariidae