Phyllonorycter lantanella

Phyllonorycter lantanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. lantanella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lantanella
(Schrank, 1802)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea lantanella Schrank, 1802

Phyllonorycter lantanella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in all of Europe, except Scandinavia, Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula.

Mined Viburnum lantana leaf leaf
Larva

The wingspan is about 9 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]

The larvae feed on Viburnum lantana, Viburnum opulus, Viburnum tinus and Sorbus aucuparia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine between two side veins. Pupation takes place within the mine without a recognisable cocoon.[3]

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