Phyllonorycter roboris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. roboris |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter roboris (Zeller, 1839) | |
Synonyms | |
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Phyllonorycter roboris is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe.
The wingspan is 7–9 mm. The forewings are shining white; a very oblique golden-brown fascia from base of costa, broad above, posteriorly fuscous-edged; four dark fuscous costal strigulae towards apex, anteriorly edged with an ochreous tinge, first oblique and nearly meeting a similar dorsal strigula; a golden brown apical spot containing a black dot; a dark apical hook in cilia. Hindwings are grey. [1]
Adults are on wing in June in one generation.
The larvae feed on Quercus cerris , Quercus dalechampii , Quercus faginea , Quercus frainetto , Quercus macrocarpa , Quercus pedunculiflora , Quercus petraea , Quercus polycarpa , Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur . They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a widespread species of nymphalid butterfly. It is well known for polymorphism and mimicry. Males are blackish with distinctive white spots that are fringed in blue. Females are in multiple forms that include male-like forms while others closely resemble the toxic butterflies Danaus chrysippus and Danaus plexippus.
Calophasia lunula is a Palearctic species of noctuid moth known by the common names toadflax moth and toadflax brocade moth.
Mormo maura, the old lady or black underwing, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from north-western Africa through all over southern Europe. It reaches its northern border in the west in northern Ireland and central Scotland, in central Europe, in northern Germany and Poland. In some Nordic countries, there are single finds. The other occurrence areas include Turkestan, Anatolia, the Middle East and Iraq. The name "old lady" refers to the fact that the wing pattern was said to resemble the shawls worn by elderly Victorian ladies.
Ptycholoma lecheana, the Leche's twist moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, China, Korea, Japan, Russia and Asia Minor.
Archips xylosteana, the variegated golden tortrix or brown oak tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
Plusia festucae is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland to Japan.
Polychrysia moneta, the golden plusia, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm.
Grammodes stolida, the geometrician, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Africa, southern Europe, most of Asia and Australia. It migrates to central and northern Europe as far north as England, Denmark and Finland.
Ancylis achatana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from central and southern Europe including the United Kingdom and Ireland, east to the Baltic region, Asia Minor, Ukraine and Russia to the southern part of Trans-Ural.
Stigmella lemniscella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe.
Xyroptila peltastes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Australia.
Leucoptera laburnella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the European part of Russia and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in North America.
Phyllonorycter heegeriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
Phyllonorycter harrisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.
Ypsolopha querciella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from the United States, including Arizona and Utah.
Eugraphe sigma is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from most of Europe to the Ural, Siberia, Transcaucasia, Armenia and Korea.
Bucculatrix ulmella is a moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, Slovenia and Bulgaria. It was first described in 1848 by Philipp Christoph Zeller.
Agnippe laudatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in California, United States.
Chionodes thoraceochrella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia and southern Quebec to Georgia, North Dakota, Mississippi, Texas and Washington, east to California, Utah and Arizona.
Telphusa sedulitella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, British Columbia, California, Oregon and Washington. In the south, the range extends to Baja California.