Phyllonorycter acerifoliella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. acerifoliella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (
Zeller, 1839)
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Phyllonorycter acerifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.
The larvae feed on field maple ( Acer campestre) and Tatar maple ( Acer tataricum), mining the leaves of their host plant. [1] [2]
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. acerifoliella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (
Zeller, 1839)
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Synonyms | |
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Phyllonorycter acerifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.
The larvae feed on field maple ( Acer campestre) and Tatar maple ( Acer tataricum), mining the leaves of their host plant. [1] [2]