Phyllonorycter connexella

Phyllonorycter connexella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. connexella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter connexella
(Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis connexella Zeller, 1846

Phyllonorycter connexella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to central Russia and Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus x canadensis, P. nigra (including its cultivar, 'Italica'), Salix alba, Salix x fragilis, S. pentandra and S. purpurea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ W.N. Ellis (27 June 2022). "'Phyllonorycter connexella'". bladmineerders.nl – Plant Parasites of Europe. Amsterdam. Retrieved 18 August 2022.


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