Phyllonorycter lapadiella

Phyllonorycter lapadiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Croatia, Serbia, Greece, France, Italy and Sicily.

Phyllonorycter lapadiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lapadiella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lapadiella
(Krone, 1909)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lapadiella Krone, 1909
  • Lithocolletis dalmatinella Amsel, 1951
  • Phyllonorycter picardi Buvat, 1995

Adults are on wing from April to September in two or more generations per year. Adults of the summer and autumn generations are distinctly smaller.

The larvae feed on Spartium junceum.[2] They mine the stem of their host plant.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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