Phyllonorycter maestingella

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Phyllonorycter maestingella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. maestingella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter maestingella
(Müller, 1764)
Synonyms
  • Tinea maestingellaMüller, 1764

Phyllonorycter maestingella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe, Russia and British Columbia, Canada. [1]

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tubular mine between veins
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feeding signs of larva
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larva

The imago (moth) is bivoltine (depending on geographic location) flying in May and June and again in August. The wingspan is 7–9 mm and the wings have an intricate pattern of orange-brown, black and white. [2] [3] [4]

The pale greenish-yellow larva feeds on beech (Fagus species) making a long blotch mine on the underside of the leaf, usually between two veins from midrib almost to leaf edge. If the mine is at the margin of the leaf it can cause it to fold downwards. [5] The cocoon is to one side of the frass which is piled neatly along the middle of the mine. [6]

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

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

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

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

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

Phyllonorycter cerasicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except northern Scandinavia.

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

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, east to Russia and Japan.

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

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

Phyllonorycter hilarella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands.

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

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

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

Phyllonorycter mespilella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and the Carpathian Mountains and from Ireland to southern Russia. It also occurs over much of western North America, from California north to British Columbia, and east to Utah and New Mexico.

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

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

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

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

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<i>Parornix torquillella</i> Species of moth

Parornix torquillella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae found in Europe. The larvae mine the leaves of Prunus species, such as blackthorn. It was described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1850, from specimens found in Florence, Leghorn and Pisa.

References

  1. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology
  2. Kimber, Ian. "Phyllonorycter maestingella". UKmoths. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. 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
  4. Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
  5. Emmet, A M (1988). A Field Guide To The Smaller British Lepidoptera (Second ed.). London: The British Entomological and Natural History Society. p. 65.
  6. Edmunds, Rob. "Beech (Fagus)". British leafminers. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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