Phylloporia bistrigella
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | Phylloporia |
| Species: | P. bistrigella
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| Phylloporia bistrigella (Haworth, 1828)
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Phylloporia bistrigella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in western, northern and central Europe and north-eastern North America.
The wingspan is 7–9 mm.7-8 nnn. Head ochreous -fuscous. Forewings fuscous; a straight shining whitish fascia at 1/3, and another sometimes interrupted beyond middle; sometimes a whitish elongate discal spot beyond this. Hindwings grey.[1][2][3][4]
The larvae feed on Betula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ Heath, J. and Emmet, A.M. (Eds), 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1: Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae
- ^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Incurvariidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
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