Biology:Phyllonorycter geniculella

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter geniculella
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Larval feeding signs
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. geniculella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter geniculella
(Ragonot, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis geniculella Ragonot, 1874

Phyllonorycter geniculella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to southern Russia .

The wingspan is about 8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]

The larvae feed on sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) mining the leaves. The mine starts as an inconspicuous lower surface epidermal corridor. This corridor is followed, and mostly replaced, by a relatively small, lower-surface, tentiform mine with many weak folds. If the mine is located near the leaf margin, the leaf may fold downwards over the mine. The frass is deposited in a corner of the mine. The pupa is formed in the mine and is dark brownish black. It is made in a loosely spun cocoon.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7189011 entry