Parornix devoniella

Parornix devoniella
Parornix devoniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Parornix
Species: P. devoniella
Binomial name
Parornix devoniella
(Stainton, 1850)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ornix devoniella Stainton, 1850
  • Ornix avellanella Stainton, 1854
  • Ornix cotoneastri Caradja, 1920

Parornix devoniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from all of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands).

Damage
Larva

The wingspan is 9-10 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations.[2]

The larvae feed on Corylus avellana, Corylus colurna and Corylus maxima. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a small, rectangular mine between two side veins. The larva starts feeding in the spongy parenchyma. Later also the palissade parenchyma along the outline of the mine is consumed. In the end, all palissade parechyma is eaten away and the mine has become full depth. Most frass is deposited in a corner of the mine. After leaving the mine the larva lives in a folded leaf margin.[3]

Referenced

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ UKmoths
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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