The wingspan is 7–9 mm.[2] The head is fuscous, face leaden-metallic. Forewings golden-ochreous, sometimes more or less suffused with fuscous or dark fuscous; a silvery-white dark-edged median streak from base to 1/3; a curved fascia before middle, three posterior costal and two dorsal triangular spots silvery-white, dark-margined; a blackish apical spot. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is yellowish; dorsal line dark green; head very pale brownish.[3]
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phyllonorycter, nigrescentella, moth, family, gracillariidae, known, from, europe, except, balkan, peninsula, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, gracillariidaegenus, phyllonoryc. Phyllonorycter nigrescentella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae It is known from all of Europe except the Balkan Peninsula Phyllonorycter nigrescentellaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily GracillariidaeGenus PhyllonorycterSpecies P nigrescentellaBinomial namePhyllonorycter nigrescentella Logan 1851 1 SynonymsLithocolletis nigrescentella Logan 1851 Mined leaf of Vicia sepiumLarvaThe wingspan is 7 9 mm 2 The head is fuscous face leaden metallic Forewings golden ochreous sometimes more or less suffused with fuscous or dark fuscous a silvery white dark edged median streak from base to 1 3 a curved fascia before middle three posterior costal and two dorsal triangular spots silvery white dark margined a blackish apical spot Hindwings are rather dark grey The larva is yellowish dorsal line dark green head very pale brownish 3 The larvae feed on Lathyrus vernus Lotus Medicago Trifolium alpestre Trifolium medium Trifolium pratense Trifolium repens Trifolium rubens Vicia dumetorum Vicia sativa and Vicia sepium They mine the leaves of their host plant They create a lower surface tentiform mine that occupies an entire leaflet The lower epidermis is strongly folded Fully developed mines are strongly inflated and the leaflet is completely folded over the mine making it practically invisible 4 References edit Fauna Europaea Hants Moths Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and description bladmineerders nl Archived from the original on 2012 09 04 Retrieved 2010 10 22 nbsp This article relating to moths in genus Phyllonorycter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phyllonorycter nigrescentella amp oldid 1137722736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
