Phyllonorycter cytisella

Phyllonorycter cytisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.[1][2] It is endemic to the Canary Islands and is known from Gran Canaria, La Palma, and Tenerife.[2]

Phyllonorycter cytisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. cytisella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter cytisella
(Rebel, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lithocolletis cytisella Rebel, 1896

Ecology

The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus palmensis[2] and Chamaecytisus proliferus.[2][3] They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine, with deep folds. The mine strongly contracts the leaflet. Pupation takes place inside the mine.[3]

References

  1. "Phyllonorycter cytisella (Rebel, 1896)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. De Prins, Jurate; De Prins, Willy; De Coninck, Eliane; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Milton, Megan A. & Hebert, Paul D.N. (2013). "Taxonomic history and invasion biology of two Phyllonorycter leaf miners (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with links to taxonomic and molecular datasets". Zootaxa. 3709 (4): 341–362. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.3.
  3. Ellis, Willem N. "Phyllonorycter cytisella (Rebel, 1896)". Leafminers and plant galls of Europe. Retrieved 2 February 2021.


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