Chrysoclista linneella

Chrysoclista linneella, (common names include Linnaeus's spangle-wing, linden bark borer and cosmet) is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae found in Europe and North America.

Chrysoclista linneella
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Agonoxenidae
Genus:
Chrysoclista
Species:
C. linneella
Binomial name
Chrysoclista linneella
(Clerck, 1759) [1]
Synonyms

Description

The wingspan is 10–13 millimetres (0.4–0.5 in). Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on lime trees (Tilia species) and are difficult to locate except for the existence of brownish frass on the surface of the trunk. They mine the bark of their host plant.[2]

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe, in all of the Baltic and Fennoscandian countries, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. Furthermore, it is an introduced species in North America, where it was first reported in New York City in 1928. In the United States there are reports and records from other parts of New York State, New Jersey, near Boston, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont. In Canada, it is only known from Ontario and Nova Scotia.[3]

References
  1. "Chrysoclista linneella (Clerck, 1759)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. Kimber, Ian. "39.005 BF903 Chrysoclista linneella (Clerck, 1759)". UKmoths. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. Majka, Christopher (2005). "The linden bark borer (Lepidoptera: Agonoxenidae) infesting European linden in Nova Scotia" (PDF). Can. Entomol. 137: 620–1. Retrieved 21 April 2020.



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