Phyllonorycter tenerella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. tenerella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter tenerella (de Joannis, 1915)[1]
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Phyllonorycter tenerella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to north-western Russia and Ukraine.
The wingspan is 6–8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again from July to August.[2]
The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ UKMoths
- ^ "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-20.