Phyllonorycter staintoniella

Phyllonorycter staintoniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Sardinia, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Poland and Romania.

Sprig of Genista pilosa, with two mined leaves
Larva

Phyllonorycter staintoniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. staintoniella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter staintoniella
(Nicelli, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis staintoniella Nicelli, 1853
  • Lithocolletis desertella Gregor & Povolny, 1949
  • Lithocolletis tinctoriella Le Marchand, 1926
  • Phyllonorycter staintonella

The wingspan is 4.5–7 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus austriacus, Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis, Cytisus procumbens, Cytisus scoparius, Genista baetica, Genista pilosa, Genista scorpius, Genista tinctoria, Laburnum anagyroides and Lembotropis nigricans. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine. The mine is strongly contracted, almost folding the leaflet to a pod and concealing the mine. Pupation takes place in a flimsy cocoon in the basal part of the mine. The pupa is always directed towards the petiole. The frass is deposited in the distal corner of the mine.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Swedish Moths
  3. bladmineerders.nl


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