Phyllonorycter mespilella

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Phyllonorycter mespilella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. mespilella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter mespilella
(Hubner, 1805) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea mespilellaHubner, 1805
  • Lithocolletis pyrivorellaBankes, 1899

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.

Mined leaf of Sorbus torminalis Phyllonorycter mespilella mined leaf of Sorbus torminalis.JPG
Mined leaf of Sorbus torminalis
Larva Phyllonorycter mespilella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again in August. [2]

The larvae feed on Amelanchier ovalis , Cotoneaster integerrimus , Crataegus , Cydonia oblonga , Malus domestica , Mespilus germanica , Prunus cerasus , Pyrus communis , Sorbus aria , Sorbus aucuparia , Sorbus intermedia and Sorbus torminalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Norfolk Moths
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2010-10-22.