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Phyllonorycter dubitella

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Phyllonorycter dubitella
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P. dubitella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter dubitella
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis dubitella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855

Phyllonorycter dubitella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and June and again in August.[2]

The larvae feed on Salix caprea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine, mostly between two side veins. The upperside is strongly inflated. The underside has many narrow folds. The pupa is light brown and made in a golden cocoon. The frass is deposited in a corner of the mine.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Kimber, Ian. "Phyllonorycter dubitella". ukmoths. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter dubitella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) southern midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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