Phyllonorycter sagitella
Species of moth
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Phyllonorycter sagitella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to southern Russia.
| Phyllonorycter sagitella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. sagitella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter sagitella (Bjerkander, 1790) | |
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The wingspan is 8.5-9.5 mm. There are two generations per year, with larvae in June and again from August to October, and adults on wing in May and again in July and August.
The larvae feed on Populus tremula. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The pupa is made in a very flimsy cocoon.
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- Leafminers and plant galls of Europe Archived 2009-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Lepiforum.de
- UK Moths
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