Phyllonorycter alpina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany to Italy and from France to Ukraine.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. alpina |
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Phyllonorycter alpina (Frey, 1856) | |
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The larvae feed on Alnus viridis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface, long and narrow tentiform mine, usually between two lateral veins. The lower epidermis has one or more strong folds. The frass is deposited in a clump in the angle of the mine closest to the midrib. The cocoon is white and peppered with frass grains.
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