Phyllonorycter apparella

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Phyllonorycter apparella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. apparella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter apparella
Synonyms
  • Tinea apparellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Lithocolletis apparella
  • Lithocolletis atomariellaZeller, 1875
  • Lithocolletis populiellaBusck, 1903
  • Lithocolletis tremuloidiellaBraun, 1908
  • Lithocolletis salicifoliellaMartin, 1956
  • Lithocolletis ontarioFreeman, 1970
  • Phyllonorycter atomariella
  • Phyllonorycter ontario
  • Phyllonorycter tremuloidiella

The aspen leaf blotch miner moth (Phyllonorycter apparella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the British Isles, the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula, and the Mediterranean islands). It is also present in Turkey and North America. [2]

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The wingspan is 8.5–10 mm. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Populus canescens and Populus tremula . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a lower-surface tentiform mine with one or two strong folds. Each mine has one larva, and each leaf may have up to 26 mines. The frass is clumped in a corner of the mine. Pupation takes place in the mine in a white cocoon.

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<i>Phyllonorycter salicifoliella</i> Species of moth

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Phyllonorycter erugatus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known in the United States from widely scattered localities from Santa Clara County near sea level in mid-coastal California north to southern Alaska and west to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to elevations of 2,800 meters.

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Phyllonorycter populialbae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Caucasus.

Phyllonorycter populicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tajikistan.

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References

  1. Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
  2. Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN   978-954-642-909-4. ISSN   1312-0174. OL   32898597M. Wikidata   Q97158808.