Phyllonorycter salicifoliella

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Phyllonorycter salicifoliella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. salicifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter salicifoliella
(Chambers, 1871) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis salicifoliellaClemens, 1861 (nomen nudum)
  • Lithocolletis kenoraFreeman, 1970
  • Phyllonorycter kenora

Phyllonorycter salicifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is widespread across North America, from Mississippi to Ontario in the east and from southern California to northern British Columbia in the west.

The length of the forewings is 3–4 mm. Adults are on wing from July to mid-August and again from late August to November in two generations.

The larvae mostly feed on Salix species, including Salix alba , Salix amygdaloides , Salix babylonica , Salix bebbiana , Salix bonplandiana , Salix caroliniana , Salix eriocephala , Salix lasiolepis , Salix "longifolia", Salix lutea , Salix monticola , Salix purpurea , Salix x rubens ( Salix alba x Salix fragilis ), Salix scouleriana and Salix sericea , but may also feed on Populus species, including Populus balsamifera and Populus tremuloides . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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

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

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

Phyllonorycter apicinigrella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found along the western coast of the United States from San Luis Obispo County, California, north to British Columbia, Canada.

Phyllonorycter populi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It was described by Ivan Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1937 and is known from southern Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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

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<i>Micrurapteryx salicifoliella</i> Species of moth

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