Phyllonorycter nicellii
| Phyllonorycter nicellii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. nicellii |
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| Phyllonorycter nicellii (Stainton, 1851) | |
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Phyllonorycter nicellii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 7–8 mm The forewings are shining golden-ochreous, sometimes suffused with brown; base pale; a fascia at 1/4, another in middle, three posterior costal and two dorsal wedge-shaped spots shining whitish, anteriorly blackish-margined, first pair of spots often connected; an oval blackish apical spot. Hindwings are grey.[1][2][3] It is very similar to Phyllonorycter froelichiella qv.
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Corylus avellana and Corylus colurna mining the leaves of the host.
The moths are on wing in May and August in two generations.
References
[edit]- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description - ↑ Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
- ↑ Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
External links
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- lepiforum.de
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Fauna Europaea
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