Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. quinqueguttella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella
(Stainton, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis quinqueguttella Stainton, 1851

Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps, Hungary and Ukraine and from Ireland to central Russia.

The wingspan is 6-7.5 mm. The forewings are golden ochreous; a white median streak from base to near middle, dark -margined above; a white posteriorly dilated dark-edged streak along costa from near base to 2/5; four costal and three dorsal shining white anteriorly dark-margined triangular spots, first dorsal short, a blackish apical dot. Hindwings are grey.[2]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August[3]

Figs. 14, 14a larvae in various stages of growth 14b mine in leaf

The larvae feed on Salix repens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine, that may occupy the entire underside of a small leaf. The mine contracts strongly, folding the leaf and sometimes causing it to become tube-like. The lower epidermis has many fine folds. The pupa is made in a corner of the mine, while the frass is deposited in the opposite corner.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ↑ UKmoths
  4. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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