Phyllonorycter apicinigrella

Phyllonorycter apicinigrella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found along the western coast of the United States from San Luis Obispo County, California, north to British Columbia, Canada.[1][2]

Phyllonorycter apicinigrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. apicinigrella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter apicinigrella
(Braun, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis apicinigrella Braun, 1908

The length of the forewings is 2.7-3.8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and from mid-June to mid-September. There are either two or three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Salix species, including Salix lasiandra and Salix sitchensis species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Donald R. Davis (2001). "Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptical Catalogue of the Palearctic Species Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (614): 1–89. doi:10.5479/SI.00810282.614. ISSN 0081-0282. Wikidata Q99661311.
  2. Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. ISSN 1312-0174. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)


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