Phyllonorycter lautella

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Phyllonorycter lautella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lautella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lautella
(Zeller, 1846) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lautellaZeller, 1846
  • Lithocolletis irmellaN. Palm, 1947

Phyllonorycter lautella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Mediterranean islands.

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The head is black, face leaden -metallic. Antennae with apex white. Forewings ochreous-orange or golden -brown ; a silvery-white black-edged median streak from base to 2/3 and central sometimes interrupted fascia ; two costal and two dorsal posterior triangular silvery white spots, edged with black anteriorly and dorsal posteriorly. [2]

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

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Mined oakleaf

The larvae feed on Quercus dalechamii , Quercus petraea and Quercus robur . They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine, usually between two side veins. The lower epidermis has one sharp fold. The frass is deposited in a corner of the mine and covered by some spinning. There may be several mines in a single, strongly contracted leaf. The pupa is brownish black and is made in a whitish cocoon. [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 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2010-10-21.


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