Parectopa ononidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Parectopa
Species:
P. ononidis
Binomial name
Parectopa ononidis
(Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria ononidis Zeller, 1839

Parectopa ononidis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula.

Mined clover leaf
Larva

The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in two to three generations per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Ononis repens, Ononis spinosa, Trifolium medium, Trifolium montanum, Trifolium ochroleucon, Trifolium pratense and Trifolium repens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small, lower-surface epidermal corridor. Only after the first moult the larva starts feeding on the leaf parenchyma, resulting in a corridor overlying the midrib. From here branches enter the leaf disk, gradually widening and merging, leaving almost the entire mine mined out in the end. Most frass is ejected. The larva may leave the mine and start elsewhere. Pupation takes place within the mine.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ UKmoths
  3. ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2010-11-05.


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