Phyllonorycter staintoniella

Phyllonorycter staintoniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Sardinia, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Poland and Romania.

Phyllonorycter staintoniella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. staintoniella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter staintoniella
(Nicelli, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis staintoniella Nicelli, 1853
  • Lithocolletis desertella Gregor & Povolny, 1949
  • Lithocolletis tinctoriella Le Marchand, 1926
  • Phyllonorycter staintonella

The wingspan is 4.5–7 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus austriacus, Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis, Cytisus procumbens, Cytisus scoparius, Genista baetica, Genista pilosa, Genista scorpius, Genista tinctoria, Laburnum anagyroides and Lembotropis nigricans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Swedish Moths
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-10-22.


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