| Paraswammerdamia albicapitella | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Paraswammerdamia |
| Species: | P. albicapitella
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraswammerdamia albicapitella (
Scharfenberg, 1805)
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| Synonyms | |
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Paraswammerdamia albicapitella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia. [1] It was recently reported from Canada ( British Columbia). [2]
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head and thorax. They are on wing in July. [3]
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. [4]
References
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| Paraswammerdamia albicapitella | |
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|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Paraswammerdamia |
| Species: | P. albicapitella
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraswammerdamia albicapitella (
Scharfenberg, 1805)
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| Synonyms | |
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Paraswammerdamia albicapitella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia. [1] It was recently reported from Canada ( British Columbia). [2]
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head and thorax. They are on wing in July. [3]
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. [4]
References
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| This article on a moth of the family Yponomeutidae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |