Phyllonorycter acaciella

Phyllonorycter acaciella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. acaciella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter acaciella
(Duponchel, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Elachista acaciella Duponchel, 1843

Phyllonorycter acaciella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in southern Europe, but not on the Iberian Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula.

The larvae feed on Ulmus glabra, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface (but sometimes upper-surface) weakly folded tentiform mine. The folded side of the mine is ochraceous. The pupa is blackish and found within the mine, in a very loose cocoon.


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