Phylloporia bistrigella

Phylloporia bistrigella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Phylloporia
Species:
P. bistrigella
Binomial name
Phylloporia bistrigella
(Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Tinea bistrigella Haworth, 1828
  • Phylloporia abalienella (Zetterstedt, 1840)
  • Phylloporia subammanella (Stainton, 1849)
  • Phylloporia dilorella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
  • Phylloporia labradorella (Clemens, 1864)
  • Phylloporia labradoriella (Walsingham, 1888) (missp.)
  • Phylloporia aureovireus (Dietz, 1905)

Phylloporia bistrigella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in western, northern and central Europe and north-eastern North America.

A birch leaf mined by two larvae, one of which has already cut out its case and departed
Larva

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.7-8 nnn. Head ochreous -fuscous. Forewings fuscous; a straight shining whitish fascia at 1/3, and another sometimes interrupted beyond middle; sometimes a whitish elongate discal spot beyond this. Hindwings grey.[1][2] [3] [4]


The larvae feed on Betula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  2. ^ Heath, J. and Emmet, A.M. (Eds), 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1: Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae
  3. ^ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Incurvariidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987


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