Phyllonorycter klemannella
Phyllonorycter klemannella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. klemannella |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter klemannella (Fabricius, 1781)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter klemannella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from all of Europe, except Greece.
The wingspan is 7.5-9.5 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Alnus glutinosa and Alnus incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine between two side veins, often quite far from the midrib. There are many weak folds. There may be several mines in a single leaf. Pupation takes place in a white cocoon within the mine. The cocoon is attached to the roof of the mine and is free from frass, which is concentrated in a corner of the mine, opposite of the cocoon.[3]
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