Phyllonorycter rajella

Last updated

Phyllonorycter rajella
Phyllonorycter rajella.JPG
Phyllonorycter rajella.jpg
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. rajella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter rajella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena rajellaLinnaeus, 1758
  • Tinea alnifoliellaHubner, 1796

Phyllonorycter rajella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and Greece.

Mined alder leaf Phyllonorycter rajella mined alder leaf.JPG
Mined alder leaf
Larva Phyllonorycter rajella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. The forewings are fuscous or ochreous, in the female more whitish towards base; a pointed white median streak from base to middle, edged with dark fuscous above; four costal and three dorsal posterior shining white wedge-shaped spots, edged anteriorly and first costal posteriorly with dark fuscous, first dorsal broad, before first costal; a round black apical dot; an ill-defined dark hook in apical cilia. Hindwings are grey. The larva is greenish-white; dorsal line green; head pale brown [2]

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

The larvae feed on Alnus cordata , Alnus glutinosa , Alnus incana , Alnus oregona and Alnus viridis , mining the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine, usually in the axle of a thick lateral vein and there is one strong lengthwise fold. Pupation takes place in a tough off-white cocoon that is attached to the floor and the roof of the mine. Most frass is incorporated in the sides of the cocoon. [4]

Related Research Articles

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

Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe except the Balkan Peninsula.

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

Phyllonorycter coryli, or nut leaf blister moth, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

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

Phyllonorycter heegeriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

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

Phyllonorycter nicellii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.

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

Phyllonorycter roboris is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe.

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

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

<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 viminetorum</i> Species of moth

Phyllonorycter viminetorum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Latvia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Ukraine.

<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 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 klemannella</i> Species of moth

Phyllonorycter klemannella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except Greece.

<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 messaniella</i> Species of moth

The European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's midget is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia.

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

Phyllonorycter nigrescentella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe except the Balkan Peninsula.

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

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

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

Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps, Hungary and Ukraine and from Ireland to central Russia.

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

Phyllonorycter salictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, east to Russia and Japan.

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

Phyllonorycter spinicolella, also known as the sloe midget, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1846. It is probably present in all of Europe.

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

Parornix scoticella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe.

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

Parornix torquillella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except Spain and parts of the Balkan Peninsula.

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. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "15.067 BF345 Phyllonorycter rajella". ukmoths. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter rajella". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 18 August 2018.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.