Phyllocnistis xenia

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Phyllocnistis xenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species:
P. xenia
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis xenia

Phyllocnistis xenia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Great Britain to Bulgaria and from Poland to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy.

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Damage

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August and again from September to May in two generations.[2] The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus canescens and Populus tremula. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

Taxonomy

Phyllocnistis xenia might be a synonym of Phyllocnistis labyrinthella.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Hants Moths
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-11-01.