Phyllonorycter sorbi explained

Phyllonorycter sorbi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.Body length 7–8.5 mm. The forewing has four costal and three dorsal white stripes, the inner part has a dark brown border. There is a narrow band at the base of the wing. The pupa is 2.5-3.5 mm long, the cremaster is trapezoidal. ^[1]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing in April and May and again in August.^[2]

The larvae feed on Cotoneaster integerrimus, Crataegus, Cydonia, Malus sylvestris, Prunus avium, Prunus padus, Pyrus communis, Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus chamaemespilus, Sorbus domestica, Sorbus intermedia and Sorbus torminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3]

External links

• Lepiforum.de

Notes and References

1. V. I. Family Gracillaridae — Motley Moths Identification of insects of the European part of the USSR. VOL. IV. Lepidoptera. Second part (Gershenzon Z. S. et al.) / under the general editorship of G. S. Medvedev. — Leningrad: Nauka, 1981. — P. 307. — 788 p. — (Keys to the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences; issue 130). — 3650 copies.
2. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1410 UKmoths
3. Web site: bladmineerders.nl . 2010-10-22 . 2012-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120907051141/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/phyllonorycter/sorbi/sorbi.htm . dead .