Phyllonorycter spinicolella

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

Phyllonorycter spinicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is probably present in all of Europe.

Mined sloe leaf

Larva

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Prunus cerasifera, Prunus domestica, Prunus padus and Prunus spinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant creating a lower-surface, strongly inflated tentifom mine between to side veins. The lower epidermis is folded. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon and the frass is deposited in a corner of the mine.[3]

References

"Phyllonorycter spinicolella (Zeller, 1846)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
Kimber, Ian. "Phyllonorycter spinicolella". UKmoths. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter spinicolella Sloe Midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

External links

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[1] "Phyllonorycter spinicolella (Zeller, 1846)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[2] Kimber, Ian. "Phyllonorycter spinicolella". UKmoths. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

[3] Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter spinicolella Sloe Midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 13 November 2018.