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Phyllonorycter Pastorella
''Phyllonorycter pastorella'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe (except the British Isles, Greece, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg and the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean islands), east to Russia, China and Japan. The wingspan is 8-9.5 mm. The larvae feed on ''Populus alba'', Populus nigra, ''P. nigra'', ''Salix alba'', Salix babylonica, ''S. babylonica'', , , Salix pentandra, ''S. pentandra'', Salix purpurea, ''S. purpurea'', Salix Sepulcralis Group, ''Salix × sepulcralis'', Salix triandra, ''S. triandra'' and Salix viminalis, ''S. viminalis''. They leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant. References External links * ''Phyllonorycter pastorella'' at British Leafminers Phyllonorycter, pastorella Moths described in 1846 Moths of Asia Moths of Europe Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller {{Phyllonorycter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Christoph Zeller
Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Philipp went to the gymnasium where natural history was not taught. Instead, helped by Alois Metzner, he taught himself entomology mainly by copying books. Copying and hence memorising, developed in response to early financial privation became a lifetime habit. Zeller went next to the University of Berlin where he became a candidat, which is the first degree, obtained after two or three years' study around 1833. The subject was philology. He became an Oberlehrer or senior primary school teacher in Glogau in 1835. Then he became an instructor at the secondary school in Frankfurt (Oder) and in 1860 he was appointed as the senior instructor of the highest technical high school in Meseritz. He resigned this post after leaving in 1869 for Stettin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |