Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

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Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. corylifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
(Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea corylifoliellaHubner, 1796
  • Lithocolletis betulaeZeller, 1839

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella, the hawthorn red midget moth, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe.

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Two mined hawthorn leaves
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Larva

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are reddish-ochreous, posteriorly or sometimes almost wholly suffused with blackish-grey blotches; a slender white median streak from base to near middle, with a marked sinuation downwards; a slender oblique white streak from the middle of costa, and another from the middle of dorsum; sometimes a whitish tornal dot and anteapical strigula. Hind wings are grey or dark grey. The larva is pale yellowish; dorsal line green; head pale brownish. [1] [2] [3]

Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations.

The larvae feed on Amelanchier lamarckii , Amelanchier ovalis , Betula pendula , Betula pubescens , Chaenomeles japonica , Cotoneaster nebrodensis , Crataegus laevigata , Crataegus monogyna , Cydonia oblonga , Malus domestica , Malus sylvestris , Mespilus germanica , Prunus avium , Pyrus amygdaliformis , Pyrus communis , Sorbus aria , Sorbus aucuparia , Sorbus domestica , Sorbus torminalis and Spiraea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.