Biology:Phyllonorycter lapadiella

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter lapadiella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lapadiella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lapadiella
(Krone, 1909)[1]
Synonyms
  • Buvat, 1995 Krone, 1909
  • Lithocolletis dalmatinella Lithocolletis lapadiella
  • Amsel, 1951 Phyllonorycter picardi

Phyllonorycter lapadiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Croatia, Serbia, Greece, France , Italy and Sicily.

Adults are on wing from April to September in two or more generations per year. Adults of the summer and autumn generations are distinctly smaller.

The larvae feed on Spartium junceum.[2] They mine the stem of their host plant.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7189096 entry