Bedellia silvicolella
Bedellia silvicolella is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.
| Bedellia silvicolella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bedelliidae |
| Genus: | Bedellia |
| Species: | B. silvicolella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bedellia silvicolella Klimesch, 1968 | |
The larvae feed on Convolvulus canariensis and Convolvulus floridus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a slender corridor with a thick, central frass line that sometimes occupies the entire width of the leaf. Later, larvae create larger, brownish, full-depth fleck mines, often in different leaves.
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