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Phyllonorycter delitella

Synonyms: Elachista delitella (homotypic); Lithocolletis delitella

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter delitella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from southern Germany to Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy and Greece and from France to Romania. The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small, lower-surface, tentiform mine, with one strong fold in the lower epidermis. The upperside of the mine is mostly entirely eaten out. The pupa is located in the mine in a silken cocoon, that is attached to the mine at its upper and lower side. The frass is deposited along the sides of the cocoon.
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Prey / Diet

Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak)[1]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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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