Phyllonorycter pyrispinosae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. pyrispinosae |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter pyrispinosae Deschka, 1986 | |
Phyllonorycter pyrispinosae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Turkey. [1]
The length of the forewings is about 3.8 mm. [2]
The larvae feed on Pyrus spinosa . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the underside of the leaf. It is oval in shape.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
The aspen leaf blotch miner moth is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in most of Europe. It is also present in Turkey and North America.
Phyllonorycter agilella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Latvia central Russia, Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from France to eastern Russia.
Stomphastis conflua is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cyprus, the Caucasus, Israel, the Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Sudan, Mozambique and South Africa.
Corythoxestis cyanolampra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.
Metriochroa carissae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia.
Metriochroa inferior is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Eritrea.
Metriochroa pergulariae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.
Aristaea bathracma is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Thailand, Japan (Honshū), the Russian Far East, Mozambique, South Africa, Réunion and Uganda.
Stomphastis aphrocyma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Stomphastis cardamitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
Stomphastis crotonis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Stomphastis polygoni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found primarily in China and Zimbabwe.
Stomphastis rorkei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known to live in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Stomphastis tremina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Phodoryctis thrypticosema is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Telamoptilia geyeri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Acrocercops terminalina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.