Phyllonorycter connexella
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Phyllonorycter connexella (Zeller, 1846)[1]
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Phyllonorycter connexella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to central Russia and Ukraine.
The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus x canadensis, Populus nigra, Populus nigra cv. Italica, Salix alba, Salix fragilis, Salix pentandra and Salix purpurea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine, usually between two side veins. There is one strong lengthwise fold. The pupa is made in a cocoon. The frass is incorporated in the sides of the cocoon.[2]
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