Micrurapteryx gradatella

Micrurapteryx gradatella
Micrurapteryx gradatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Micrurapteryx
Species: M. gradatella
Binomial name
Micrurapteryx gradatella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euspilapteryx gradatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Micrurapteryx gradatella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps and Romania and from Germany to central Russia.

The larvae feed on Lathyrus montanus and Vicia sepium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an upper surfae, flat blotch. Most frass is ejected from the mine. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2]

Referenced

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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