Phyllonorycter connexella

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.

Phyllonorycter connexella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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