Phyllonorycter acerifoliella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. acerifoliella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (Zeller, 1839)
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Phyllonorycter acerifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
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The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.
The larvae feed on field maple (Acer campestre) and Tatar maple (Acer tataricum), mining the leaves of their host plant.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (Zeller, 1839) maple midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "15.084 BF362 Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (Zeller, 1839)". UKmoths. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
External links
[edit]Media related to Phyllonorycter acerifoliella at Wikimedia Commons