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Phyllonorycter populifoliella

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter populifoliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. populifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter populifoliella
(Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Elachista populifoliella Treitschke, 1833

Phyllonorycter populifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the British Isles.

Adults are on wing in two generations per year, from April to May and in again from August to September.

The larvae feed on Populus x canadensis, Populus deltoides, Populus euramericana and Populus nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The pupa of the second generation hibernates.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-10-22.

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Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter populifoliella


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