Perittia herrichiella

Perittia herrichiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Elachistidae
Genus:Perittia
Species: P. herrichiella
Binomial name
Perittia herrichiella
Synonyms
  • Tinagma herrichiella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Dyselachista herrichiella
  • Scirtopoda herrichiella

Perittia herrichiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to the Baltic region and Romania.[2] It has also been recorded from Russia[3] and North America, including New York, Ontario,[4] Indiana and Michigan. The expected range of the species is south-eastern Canada and the north-central and north-eastern parts of the United States.[5]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.[6]

The larvae feed on Lonicera alpigena, Lonicera periclymenum, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera xylosteum and Symphoricarpos albus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a short corridor. Which is followed (and often overrun) by a large flat blotch that expands towards the leaf margin. The frass is deposited in scattered blackish lumps.[7] Larvae can be found from June to mid August or October depending on the location.

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Kaila, L., Nupponen, K., Junnilainen, J., Nupponen, T., Kaitila, J.-P. & Olschwang, V. 2003: Contribution to the fauna of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southern Ural Mountains. - Entomol. Fennica 14: 65–90.
  4. ↑ Bug Guide
  5. ↑ microleps.org
  6. ↑ Swedish Moths
  7. ↑ bladmineerders.nl



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