Phyllonorycter pastorella

Phyllonorycter pastorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. pastorella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter pastorella; (Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis pastorella Zeller, 1846;

Phyllonorycter pastorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe (except the British Isles, Greece, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg and the Mediterranean islands), east to Russia, China and Japan.

The wingspan is 8-9.5 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus nigra, Salix alba, Salix babylonica, Salix fragilis, Salix lanata, Salix pentandra, Salix purpurea, Salix x sepulcralis, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine with one sharp fold. Pupation takes place within the mine in a cocoon. The frass is deposited in the opposite corner of the mine.[3]

References

"Phyllonorycter pastorella (Zeller, 1846)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
"microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter pastorella (Zeller, 1846) royal midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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