Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
| Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella | |
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| Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella Flint, North Wales | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. emberizaepenella
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella | |
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Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are shining golden-ochreous; a short whitish median streak from base; a fascia at 1/4, another at 1/2, two posterior costal and three dorsal wedge-shaped spots shining whitish, anteriorly blackish-margined; some blackish scales in disc between spots and towards apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is green - whitish; dorsal line darker green; head pale greenish.[2] [3] [4]
There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[5]
The larvae feed on Lonicera alpigena , ×ばつ bella">Lonicera ×ばつ bella, Lonicera caerulea , Lonicera deflexicalyx , Lonicera flava , Lonicera gracilipes , Lonicera ledebourii , Lonicera maackii , Lonicera morrowii , Lonicera nigra , Lonicera orientalis , Lonicera periclymenum , Lonicera prostrata , Lonicera rupicola , Lonicera tatarica , Lonicera webbiana , Lonicera xylosteum and Symphoricarpos albus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.[6]
References
[edit ]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
- ^ Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012年08月31日. Retrieved 2010年10月21日.
External links
[edit ]- lepiforum.de
- Craves, J.A. (2017) Native birds exploit leaf-mining moth larvae using a new North American host, non-native Lonicera maackii, Écoscience, 24:3-4, 81-90, DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2017.1367908
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