Phyllonorycter abrasella
| Phyllonorycter abrasella | |
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| Larva | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. abrasella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter abrasella (Duponchel, 1843) | |
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Phyllonorycter abrasella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to France, Italy and Greece. There is a disjunct population in southern Russia.
Damage
The larvae feed on Quercus cerris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a rather small, lower-surface tentiform mine, generally in the centre of the leaf. There are fine folds in the lower epidermis, and the upperside is mottled green. The frass is deposited in a clump. The pupa is made in an oval, parchment-like cocoon that is free of frass and lies loose in the mine.
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