Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella

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Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. emberizaepenella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
(Bouche, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix emberizaepenella Bouche, 1834
  • Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella

Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

Mined honeysuckle leaf
Larva

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are shining golden-ochreous; a short whitish median streak from base; a fascia at 1/4, another at 1/2, two posterior costal and three dorsal wedge-shaped spots shining whitish, anteriorly blackish-margined; some blackish scales in disc between spots and towards apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is green - whitish; dorsal line darker green; head pale greenish.[2]

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

The larvae feed on Lonicera alpigena, Lonicera × bella, Lonicera caerulea, , Lonicera flava, , , Lonicera maackii, Lonicera morrowii, Lonicera nigra, , Lonicera periclymenum, , , Lonicera tatarica, , Lonicera xylosteum and Symphoricarpos albus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface, white, inflated tentiform mine, that may occupy the entire leaf. The mine causes the leaf to roll lengthwise. The pupa is made in a papery cocoon.[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

External links[]

Craves, J.A. (2017) Native birds exploit leaf-mining moth larvae using a new North American host, non-native Lonicera maackii, Écoscience, 24:3-4, 81-90, DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2017.1367908


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