Phyllonorycter sorbi

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Phyllonorycter sorbi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. sorbi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter sorbi
(Frey, 1855) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis sorbiFrey, 1855

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

They have a wingspan of 7–9 mm and body length of 7–8.5 mm. The forewing has four costal and three dorsal white stripes, the inner part has a dark brown border. There is a narrow band at the base of the wing. The pupa is 2.5–3.5 mm long, the cremaster is trapezoidal. [2] P. sorbi, P. oxyacanthae and P. mespilella cannot be reliably separated without genitalia dissection.

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

The larvae feed on Cotoneaster integerrimus , Crataegus , Cydonia , Malus sylvestris , Prunus avium , Prunus padus , Pyrus communis , Sorbus aria , Sorbus aucuparia , Sorbus chamaemespilus , Sorbus domestica , Sorbus intermedia and Sorbus torminalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [4]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. V. I. Family Gracillaridae — Motley Moths Identification of insects of the European part of the USSR. VOL. IV. Lepidoptera. Second part (Gershenzon Z. S. et al.) / under the general editorship of G. S. Medvedev. — Leningrad: Nauka, 1981. — P. 307. — 788 p. — (Keys to the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences; issue 130). — 3650 copies.
  3. UKmoths
  4. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-10-22.