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Swammerdamia passerella

Synonyms: Oecophora passerella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Swammerdamia passerella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Poland, Estonia and northern Russia. The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed on Betula nana. Young larvae leaf miner|mine the leaves of their host plant. Later, they live freely under a slight web. Mining larvae can be found in June.
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Prey / Diet

Betula intermedia (dwarf birch)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0