Biology:Phyllonorycter stettinensis

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter stettinensis
Phyllonorycter stettinensis.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. stettinensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter stettinensis
(Nicelli, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis stettinensis Nicelli, 1852

Phyllonorycter stettinensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Scandinavia and Finland to the Pyrenees, Corsica, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Russia .

Alder leaf with two mines
Larva

The wingspan is 6.5-7.5 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]

The larvae feed on Alnus cordata, Alnus glutinosa and Alnus incana, mining the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface, fairly small, almost flat tentiform mine with a yellow-green colour. The mine has a single, fairly strong fold and is mostly positioned over a lateral vein. The frass is deposited in a clump in a corner of the mine.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7189271 entry