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Phyllonorycter scabiosella

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter scabiosella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. scabiosella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter scabiosella
(Douglas, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis scabiosella Douglas, 1853

Phyllonorycter scabiosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Great Britain through Germany, Poland and Ukraine to southern Russia and from the Netherlands to Spain and Italy.

Mined Scabiosa columbaria leaf
Larva

The larvae feed on small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria).

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. bladmineerders.nl

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Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter scabiosella


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