Phyllonorycter viminetorum
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| Phyllonorycter viminetorum | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. viminetorum
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| Phyllonorycter viminetorum | |
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Phyllonorycter viminetorum is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Latvia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Ukraine.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm.[2] The antennae with the apex whitish. Forewings golden-brown, sprinkled with dark fuscous; a slender white median streak from base to near middle; a triangular white dorsal spot at 1/3 reaching basal streak; an angulated sometimes interrupted median fascia, three ill-defined posterior costal and two dorsal spots white, anteriorly dark margined; an elongate blackish apical dot. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale yellowish; dorsal line greenish; head pale brown.[3] The larvae feed on Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ↑ bladmineerders.nl
