Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella

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Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella, Flint, North Wales, Aug 2017 (35592682944).jpg
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella Flint, North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. emberizaepenella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
(Bouche, 1834) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix emberizaepenellaBouche, 1834
  • Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella

Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

Mined honeysuckle leaf Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella mined honeysuckle leaf.JPG
Mined honeysuckle leaf
Larva Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are shining golden-ochreous; a short whitish median streak from base; a fascia at 1/4, another at 1/2, two posterior costal and three dorsal wedge-shaped spots shining whitish, anteriorly blackish-margined; some blackish scales in disc between spots and towards apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is green - whitish; dorsal line darker green; head pale greenish. [2]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August. [3]

The larvae feed on Lonicera alpigena , Lonicera × bella, Lonicera caerulea , Lonicera deflexicalyx , Lonicera flava , Lonicera gracilipes , Lonicera ledebourii , Lonicera maackii , Lonicera morrowii , Lonicera nigra , Lonicera orientalis , Lonicera periclymenum , Lonicera prostrata , Lonicera rupicola , Lonicera tatarica , Lonicera webbiana , Lonicera xylosteum and Symphoricarpos albus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [4]

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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. ↑ UKmoths
  4. ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

Craves, J.A. (2017) Native birds exploit leaf-mining moth larvae using a new North American host, non-native Lonicera maackii, Écoscience, 24:3-4, 81-90, DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2017.1367908


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