Phyllonorycter geniculella

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Phyllonorycter geniculella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. geniculella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter geniculella
(Ragonot, 1874) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis geniculellaRagonot, 1874

Phyllonorycter geniculella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August. [2]

The larvae feed on sycamore ( Acer pseudoplatanus ) mining the leaves. The mine starts as an inconspicuous lower surface epidermal corridor. This corridor is followed, and mostly replaced, by a relatively small, lower-surface, tentiform mine with many weak folds. If the mine is located near the leaf margin, the leaf may fold downwards over the mine. The frass is deposited in a corner of the mine. The pupa is formed in the mine and is dark brownish black. It is made in a loosely spun cocoon. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "Phyllonorycter geniculella". ukmoths. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter geniculella (Ragonot, 1874) sycamore midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 26 August 2018.


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