![]() Lep:Phyllocnistinae
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15.0931 Phyllocnistis
citrella Stainton, 1856
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Food Plant: Citrus spp. Mine: throughout the year Notes: A tropical species which is now added to the British list after moths were bred from tenanted mines on Lemon trees from a Garden centre in Burford. An old vacated mine on the underside of a leaf is shown, with the fold in which pupation took place on the leaf edge. Most specimens are intercepted at points of entry (see: Newsletter) and this is a pest of commercial citrus orchards. Makes distinctive track mines with a strong central frass line on fruits or leaves. Data: x.2012 ex mine 07.x.2012, Burford, Oxon, VC23 Image:© Robert Homan |
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