Phyllonorycter populifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the British Isles.
Phyllonorycter populifoliella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. populifoliella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833)[1]
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Adults are on wing in two generations per year, from April to May and in again from August to September.[2]
The larvae feed on Populus x canadensis, Populus deltoides, Populus euramericana and Populus nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] The pupa of the second generation hibernates.
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
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