Phyllonorycter pastorella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. pastorella
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| Phyllonorycter pastorella | |
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Phyllonorycter pastorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe (except the British Isles, Greece, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg and the Mediterranean islands), east to Russia, China and Japan.
The larvae feed on Populus alba, P. nigra, Salix alba, S. babylonica, Salix × fragilis, S. lanata, S. pentandra, S. purpurea, Salix × sepulcralis, S. triandra and S. viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine with one sharp fold. The cocoon is formed within the mine, where pupation takes place. The frass is deposited at one end of the mine, while the cocoon forms at the opposite end.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Phyllonorycter pastorella (Zeller, 1846)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Phyllonorycter pastorella (Zeller, 1846) royal midget". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
External links[edit]
Media related to Phyllonorycter pastorella at Wikimedia Commons- Phyllonorycter pastorella at British Leafminers
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