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Perittia herrichiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to the Baltic region and Romania.[2] It has also been recorded from Russia[3] and North America, including New York, Ontario,[4] Indiana and Michigan. The expected range of the species is south-eastern Canada and the north-central and north-eastern parts of the United States.[5]

Perittia herrichiella
Larva of Perittia herrichiella mining the leaf of Lonicera xylosteum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Perittia
Species:	P. herrichiella
Binomial name
Perittia herrichiella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
Tinagma herrichiella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 Dyselachista herrichiella Scirtopoda herrichiella

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.[6]

The larvae feed on Lonicera alpigena, Lonicera periclymenum, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera xylosteum and Symphoricarpos albus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a short corridor. Which is followed (and often overrun) by a large flat blotch that expands towards the leaf margin. The frass is deposited in scattered blackish lumps.[7] Larvae can be found from June to mid August or October depending on the location.

References

External links

• lepiforum.de

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