''Phyllonorycter'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Camerar ...

Diversity

The genus comprises about 400 species, with a worldwide distribution. The vast majority of species are found in the temperate regions, with about 257 species described from the Palaearctic region and 81 from the

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

. In the tropics, the genus is species-poor, with 36 species described from Indo-Australia, 13 from the

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and 22 from the Afrotropical region. In 2012, a further 27 species were described from the Afrotropics.

Species

*'' Phyllonorycter aarviki'' de Prins, 2012 *'' Phyllonorycter aberrans'' (Braun, 1930) *'' Phyllonorycter abrasella'' (Duponchel,

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Phyllonorycter blancardella The spotted tentiform leafminer (''Phyllonorycter blancardella'') is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, east to Ukraine and central Anatolia. It is also known throughout North America including Nova Scotia, Quebe ...

Phyllonorycter estrela ''Phyllonorycter estrela'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Spain and Portugal. The larvae feed on ''Genista cinerea''. They probably leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant. References

Phyllonorycter, es ...

Phyllonorycter platani ''Phyllonorycter platani'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. The moth is found in Europe, the Near East and the eastern Palearctic realm, as well as California in the United States. The wingspan is 8–10 mm. It flies in two gener ...

Phyllonorycter triplex ''Phyllonorycter triplex'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-m ...

Recently moved species

*'' Phyllonorycter aurifascia'' (Walker, 1875) *'' Phyllonorycter morrisella'' (Fitch, 1859), moved to '' Macrosaccus'' Davis & De Prins, 2011 *'' Phyllonorycter robiniella'' (Clemens, 1859), moved to ''Macrosaccus'' Davis & De Prins, 2011, of which it is the

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*'' Phyllonorycter uhlerella'' (Fitch, 1859), moved to ''Macrosaccus'' Davis & De Prins, 2011

Species of unknown status

*''Phyllonorycter crocinella'' (Sorhagen, 1900), original combination ''Lithocolletis crocinella''. This species was described from Germany. The identity remains questionable, since no type material is known to exist and no further collections have been authenticated since it was described. Although it was originally reported as a leafminer on ''

Salix Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist so ...

'', Spuler (1910) considered it only as a form of '' Phyllonorycter kleemannella'' (Fabricius), which mines the leaves of ''

Alnus Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few sp ...

''. *''Phyllonorycter graeseriella'' (Sorhagen, 1900), original combination ''Lithocolletis graeseriella''. This species was described from Germany. The identity remains questionable, since no type material is known to exist and no further collections have been authenticated since it was described. *''Phyllonorycter salincolella'' (Sorhagen, 1900), original combination ''Lithocolletis salincolella''. This species was described from Germany. The identity remains questionable, since no type material is known to exist and no further collections have been authenticated since it was described. Without explanation, Kuznetsov (1981) treated ''salincolella'' as a form of '' Phyllonorycter rajella'' which feeds on ''

'', although the original records report ''salincolella'' on ''

Salix caprea ''Salix caprea'', known as goat willow, pussy willow or great sallow, is a common species of willow native to Europe and western and central Asia.Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland''. BSBI Handbook 4. . Des ...

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References

External links

Fauna Europaea

Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7188841 Lithocolletinae Gracillarioidea genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner