Swammerdamia passerella
| Swammerdamia passerella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Swammerdamia |
| Species: | S. passerella |
| Binomial name | |
| Swammerdamia passerella (Zetterstedt, 1839) | |
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Swammerdamia passerella is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Poland, Estonia and northern Russia.[1]
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.[2]
The larvae feed on Betula nana. Young larvae leaf miner|mine the leaves of their host plant. Later, they live freely under a slight web.[3] Mining larvae can be found in June.