Parornix alpicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Alps and Scotland, where it is confined to calcareous coastal hillsides on the north coast, where the only known localities are the Invernaver National Nature Reserve and a spot on the east side of Loch Eriboll.
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae start by making a lower-surface epidermal corridor. Next, larvae begin to feed on the sponge parenchyma and later also on the palissade parenchyhma. This causes the initial corridor to become destroyed. The final mine is full depth and occupies about half of a leaf. It is located on one side of the midrib and is almost flat. Finally, the larva leaves the mine and spins a new leaf into a pod, that is eaten from the inside.[2]
Some authors consider Parornix alpicola to be a synonym of Parornix scoticella.[3] Others argue that Parornix alpicola differs from scoticella in its much darker antenna, in having an even greater admixture of white in the pattern of the forewing and in having only the apical dot darker than the ground colour.[4]
Furthermore, the Scottish population is often treated as the distinct subspecies leucostola
Parornix alpicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Alps and Scotland, where it is confined to calcareous coastal hillsides on the north coast, where the only known localities are the Invernaver National Nature Reserve and a spot on the east side of Loch Eriboll.
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae start by making a lower-surface epidermal corridor. Next, larvae begin to feed on the sponge parenchyma and later also on the palissade parenchyhma. This causes the initial corridor to become destroyed. The final mine is full depth and occupies about half of a leaf. It is located on one side of the midrib and is almost flat. Finally, the larva leaves the mine and spins a new leaf into a pod, that is eaten from the inside.
De appelzebramot (Parornix scoticella) is een vlinder uit de familie mineermotten (Gracillariidae). De wetenschappelijke naam is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1850 door Stainton.
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Bronnen, noten en/of referentiesParornix scoticella là một loài bướm đêm thuộc họ Gracillariidae. Loài này có ở khắp châu Âu.
Sải cánh dài khoảng 10 mm. Con trưởng thành bay vào tháng 5 và một lần nữa vào tháng 8 làm hai đợt in miền nam parts of the range và làm một đợt with adults in tháng 8 in the north.[2]
Ấu trùng ăn Cotoneaster nebrodensis, Malus sylvestris, Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus chamaemespilus, Sorbus intermedia và Sorbus torminalis. Chúng ăn lá nơi chúng làm tổ. The mine starts with a lower-surface epidermal corridor, but soon the larva starts feeding on the sponge parenchyma. The mine then becomes a flat lower-surface blotch. After leaving the mine, the larva lives freely under a folded leaf margin or in a fold at the underside of the leaf, in its centre, that is covered with silk.[3]
Parornix scoticella là một loài bướm đêm thuộc họ Gracillariidae. Loài này có ở khắp châu Âu.
Sải cánh dài khoảng 10 mm. Con trưởng thành bay vào tháng 5 và một lần nữa vào tháng 8 làm hai đợt in miền nam parts of the range và làm một đợt with adults in tháng 8 in the north.
Ấu trùng ăn Cotoneaster nebrodensis, Malus sylvestris, Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus chamaemespilus, Sorbus intermedia và Sorbus torminalis. Chúng ăn lá nơi chúng làm tổ. The mine starts with a lower-surface epidermal corridor, but soon the larva starts feeding on the sponge parenchyma. The mine then becomes a flat lower-surface blotch. After leaving the mine, the larva lives freely under a folded leaf margin or in a fold at the underside of the leaf, in its centre, that is covered with silk.