Phyllonorycter mespilella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. mespilella |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter mespilella | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
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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Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
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Phyllonorycter deschkai is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Alps on altitudes between 500 and 1,750 meters.
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