Phyllonorycter cerasicolella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Species
Last modified: Feb. 28, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Gracillariidae > Subfamily: Lithocolletinae > Genus: Phyllonorycter > Species: Phyllonorycter cerasicolella
- Vernacular names
- Kersenvouwmot (NL), Cherry midget (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1859b. Supplément au catalogue des lépidoptères de Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 133–142. On page 142. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Head ochreous brown; forewing ground colour brown, four white costal and three white dorsal striae. The first dorsal stria is curved strongly towards the apex.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Genitalia
Mine
A tentiform mine at the underside of a leaf. The mine does only contain faint longitudinal folds.
See also gracillariidae.net and bladmineerders.be.
Cocoon/pupa
A white cocoon inside the mine.
Bionomics
The eggs are mainly deposited singly. The full-grown larva constructs a white silken cocoon in which it hibernates. Pupation in spring time. The adults are mainly active at dusk and come to light.
Flight periods
The adults fly in two, perhaps three, generations a year: from late April till June and again in August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus avium, Prunus cerasus, Prunus mahaleb, Prunus domestica, Prunus persica and Prunus vulgaris
- Host plant (genera):
- Cerasus and Prunus
The larva lives on a variety of cultivated and wild Prunus species, in Belgium most recorded on Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus. It has also rarely been recorded on Malus.
