Biology:Phyllonorycter esperella

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter esperella
Phyllonorycter quinnata.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. esperella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter esperella
(Goeze, 1783)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea esperella Goeze, 1783
  • Lithocolletis carpinicolella Stainton, 1851
  • Tinea quinnata Fourcroy, 1785

Phyllonorycter esperella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Ukraine .

Larva
Damage
Damage

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine. At first, the mine is nearly round, silvery, and flat, and is centred over a side vein. Later, the mine becomes strongly contracted and sometimes almost doubles the leaf.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7188985 entry