Phyllonorycter salictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands), east to Russia and Japan.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. salictella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter salictella | |
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The wingspan is 7–9 mm. The forewings are shining ochreous, sometimes fuscous-tinged; a median streak from base to near middle, four costal and three dorsal wedge-shaped spots obscure whitish-ochreous, ill-defined and sometimes very indistinct, first dorsal long; a blackish apical strigula. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish; dorsal line dark grey; head pale brown.[2]
There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and June and again in August.[3]
The larvae feed on Salix alba, Salix babylonica, Salix daphnoides, Salix × fragilis, Salix elaeagnos (syn. S. incana [Schrank][4]), Salix purpurea, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Phyllonorycter salictella (Zeller, 1846)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "15.054 BF333 Phyllonorycter viminiella (Sircom, 1848)". Ukmoths. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ Kew Science. "Salix eleagnos (Scop.)". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter salictella (Zeller, 1846)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
External links
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