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Phyllonorycter scabiosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Great Britain through Germany, Poland and Ukraine to southern Russia and from the Netherlands to Spain and Italy.

Phyllonorycter scabiosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. scabiosella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter scabiosella (Douglas, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis scabiosella Douglas, 1853

The larvae feed on small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria). They mine the leaves of their host plant and are often found on seedlings. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine, causing a strong contraction of the leaf. The surroundings of the mine often turn violet. Pupation takes place in a cocoon. The frass is deposited in a corner of the mine.[2]

References

External links

• Media related to Phyllonorycter scabiosella at Wikimedia Commons

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