Phyllonorycter maestingella (Müller 1764) (Family Gracillariidae)


Larval Mine

Forewing Length: 4mm;
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
June - September July
(Earliest: 8.7)
September - October
July - August
November - May
April - June
(Earliest: 20.4)
August
(Earliest: 9.8)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Beech Forest
Food:
(Larva)
(Monophagous Leaf Miner)

Fagus sylvatica
Parasitoids:
(Larva)

Scambus inanis Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Phyllonorycter maestingella
Phyllonorycter maestingella
Nature Spot: Phyllonorycter maestingella
Lepiforum: Phyllonorycter maestingella
British Leafminers: Phyllonorycter maestingella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Phyllonorycter maestingella


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