Phyllonorycter bartolomella
Phyllonorycter bartolomella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.[1][2] It is endemic to the Canary Islands and is known from Gran Canaria and Tenerife.[2]
| Phyllonorycter bartolomella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. bartolomella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter bartolomella (Deschka, 1968) | |
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Ecology
The larvae feed on Teline canariensis.[2][3] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts epidermally and develops into an upper-surface, whitish and transparent tentiform mine without folds. Normally, the mine does not reach the base nor the tip of the leaflet. Pupation takes place within the mine, either in the base or in the tip of the leaflet.[3]
References
- "Phyllonorycter bartolomella (Deschka, 1968)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- 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.
- Ellis, Willem N. "Phyllonorycter bartolomella (Deschka, 1968)". Leafminers and plant galls of Europe. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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