Phyllonorycter viminetorum

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Phyllonorycter viminetorum
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. viminetorum
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter viminetorum
(Stainton, 1854) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis viminetorumStainton, 1854

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

Mined leaf of Salix viminalis Phyllonorycter viminetorum mined leaf of Salix viminalis.JPG
Mined leaf of Salix viminalis
Larva Phyllonorycter viminetorum larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. [2] The antennae with the apex whitish. Forewings golden-brown, sprinkled with dark fuscous; a slender white median streak from base to near middle; a triangular white dorsal spot at 1/3 reaching basal streak; an angulated sometimes interrupted median fascia, three ill-defined posterior costal and two dorsal spots white, anteriorly dark margined; an elongate blackish apical dot. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale yellowish; dorsal line greenish; head pale brown. [3]


The larvae feed on Salix viminalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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