Phyllonorycter apparella

Phyllonorycter apparella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. apparella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter apparella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea apparella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Lithocolletis apparella
  • Lithocolletis atomariella Zeller, 1875
  • Lithocolletis populiella Busck, 1903
  • Lithocolletis tremuloidiella Braun, 1908
  • Lithocolletis salicifoliella Martin, 1956
  • Lithocolletis ontario Freeman, 1970
  • Phyllonorycter atomariella
  • Phyllonorycter ontario
  • Phyllonorycter tremuloidiella

The aspen leaf blotch miner moth (Phyllonorycter apparella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except the British Isles, the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula, and the Mediterranean islands). It is also present in Turkey and North America.

The wingspan is 8.5–10 mm. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Populus canescens and Populus tremula. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a lower-surface tentiform mine with one or two strong folds. Each mine has one larva, and each leaf may have up to 26 mines. The frass is clumped in a corner of the mine. Pupation takes place in the mine in a white cocoon.

References

  1. ↑ Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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