Aspilapteryx multipunctella
| Aspilapteryx multipunctella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Aspilapteryx |
| Species: | A. multipunctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspilapteryx multipunctella | |
Aspilapteryx multipunctella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Spain and the Canary Islands.
The larvae feed on and . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae spins two to three leaves together, and mine these out completely. Older larvae live freely in the centre of a bundle of leaves of the tip of a shoot. The frass is deposited on the bottom of this enclosed space. Pupation takes place in a cocoon with a tube like prolongation that extends up to a circular opening, closed with silk, that will permit the escape of the imago.[2]
References[]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
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