Phyllocnistis xenia
Appearance
Phyllocnistis xenia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
Species: | P. xenia
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Binomial name | |
Phyllocnistis xenia |
Phyllocnistis xenia is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Great Britain to Bulgaria and from Poland to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy.
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The wingspan is 6–7 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August and again from September to May in two generations.[2]
The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus canescens and Populus tremula. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
Taxonomy[edit]
Phyllocnistis xenia might be a synonym of Phyllocnistis labyrinthella.
References[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Hants Moths
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-11-01.