Parornix scoticella

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Parornix scoticella
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Parornix scoticella Salzburg, Austria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species:
P. scoticella
Binomial name
Parornix scoticella
(Stainton, 1850) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix scoticellaStainton, 1850

Parornix scoticella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe.

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Some leaflets of Sorbus aucuparia with turned-down edges
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Larva

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The head is whitish, mixed with fuscous. Palpi white. Forewings are dark fuscous, towards base irrorated with white: numerous costal strigulae, a spot in disc posteriorly, and two dorsal spots preceded by blackish spots white; a black apical spot, anteriorly white-margined; cilia with three entire dark fuscous lines. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellow-green; dorsal line dark green or red-brown; head pale brown; segment 2 with four black spots. [2] [3] [4]

Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations in southern parts of the range and in one generation with adults in August in the north. [5]

The larvae feed on Cotoneaster nebrodensis , Malus sylvestris , Sorbus aria , Sorbus aucuparia , Sorbus chamaemespilus , Sorbus intermedia and Sorbus torminalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. ↑ Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  4. ↑ Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
  5. ↑ UKmoths
  6. ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-03.


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