Phyllonorycter stettinensis

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Phyllonorycter stettinensis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. stettinensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter stettinensis
(Nicelli, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis stettinensis Nicelli, 1852

Phyllonorycter stettinensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Scandinavia and Finland to the Pyrenees, Corsica, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Russia.

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Alder leaf with two mines
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Larva

The wingspan is 6.5-7.5 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]

The larvae feed on Alnus cordata, Alnus glutinosa and Alnus incana, mining the leaves of their host plant.[3]

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