Phyllonorycter connexella

Phyllonorycter connexella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. connexella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter connexella
(Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis connexella Zeller, 1846

Phyllonorycter connexella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to central Russia and Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus x canadensis, Populus nigra, Populus nigra cv. Italica, Salix alba, Salix fragilis, Salix pentandra and Salix purpurea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine, usually between two side veins. There is one strong lengthwise fold. The pupa is made in a cocoon. The frass is incorporated in the sides of the cocoon.[2]

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