Phyllocnistis vitegenella
| Phyllocnistis vitegenella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
| Species: | P. vitegenella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocnistis vitegenella Clemens, 1859[1] | |
Phyllocnistis vitegenella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is native to North America, but has been recorded from northern Italy in 1994, Slovenia in 2004 and Switzerland in 2009.
The larvae feed on Vitis vinifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, slender, wavy, upper-surface corridor with a broad, dark, cloudy frass line. There are often several mines in a single leaf. Pupation takes place within the mine in the somewhat widened terminal section of the corridor.[2]