Swammerdamia caesiella
| Swammerdamia caesiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Swammerdamia |
| Species: | S. caesiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Swammerdamia caesiella (Hübner, 1796)[1] | |
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Swammerdamia caesiella is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found from most of Europe to Japan. It is also present in North America,[2] where it is possibly an introduced species.[3]
Gnawed birch leaves
Larva
The wingspan is 9–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head. They are on wing from May to June and again in August in two generations per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed on the parenchyma on the upperside of a leaf, beneath a silken web.