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Phyllonorycter viminetorum

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Phyllonorycter viminetorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. viminetorum
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter viminetorum
(Stainton, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis viminetorum Stainton, 1854

Phyllonorycter viminetorum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Latvia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Ukraine.

Mined leaf of Salix viminalis
Larva

The wingspan is 8–9 mm.[2] The antennae with the apex whitish. Forewings golden-brown, sprinkled with dark fuscous; a slender white median streak from base to near middle; a triangular white dorsal spot at 1/3 reaching basal streak; an angulated sometimes interrupted median fascia, three ill-defined posterior costal and two dorsal spots white, anteriorly dark margined; an elongate blackish apical dot. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale yellowish; dorsal line greenish; head pale brown.[3]


The larvae feed on Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
  3. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ^ bladmineerders.nl