Phyllonorycter trifasciella

Phyllonorycter trifasciella
Phyllonorycter trifasciella, Marl Hall Woods, Llandudno Junction, North Wales, Sept 2009
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. trifasciella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter trifasciella Haworth, 1828

Phyllonorycter trifasciella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Western Europe.

Mined honeysuckle leaf

Mined honeysuckle leaf

Larva

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are pale reddish ochreous; three slender whitish more or less angulated fasciae, margined anteriorly with broad blackish suffusions, broadest towards costa, third sometimes interrupted by a patch of blackish scales extending to tornus; a round blackish apical spot. Hindwings are grey.[1][2]

The moth flies in three generations, from March–April, July–August and October.

The larvae feed on Lonicera, Symphoricarpos and Leycesteria species.

References

1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
2. Kuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987

External links

• Lepiforum de
• "Phyllonorycter trifasciella (Haworth, 1828)". Microlepidoptera.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 February 2011.
• Lepidoptera of Belgium
• Plant Parasites of Europe
• Phyllonorycter trifasciella at UKmoths