Phyllonorycter belotella

Phyllonorycter belotella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Mediterranean region from the Iberian Peninsula to Greece.

Phyllonorycter belotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. belotella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter belotella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis belotella Staudinger, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter anatolica Deschka, 1970
  • Lithocolletis joviella Constant, 1890

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera, Quercus ilex and Quercus suber. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an upper surface epidermal, silvery blotch without folds. The frass is partly found as loosely scattered grains and partly as a central, dark brown patch on the roof of the mine. Pupation takes place within the mine in a clear cocoon.


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