Phyllonorycter geniculella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. geniculella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter geniculella | |
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Phyllonorycter geniculella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
The wingspan is about 8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]
The larvae feed on sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) mining the leaves.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "Phyllonorycter geniculella". ukmoths. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter geniculella (Ragonot, 1874) sycamore midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Phyllonorycter geniculella at Wikimedia Commons