Aspen serpentine leafminer
- French common name: Mineuse serpentine du tremble
- Scientific name: Phyllocnistis populiella Chambers
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Gracillariidae
Distribution
- Canada
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Diet and feeding behaviour
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Phyllophagous:
Feeds on the leaves of plants.
- Miner: Feeds inside the blade of a leaf, between the epidermal layers, or beneath the bark of plants, by first excavating a mine into these tissues.
Information on host(s)
Main host(s)
Photos
Trail of blackish excreta left by the larva on leaf completly mined
Thérèse Arcand
Pupa in curl of trembling aspen leaf
Thérèse Arcand
Freshly emerged moth at rest
Thérèse Arcand
Pinned adult
Thérèse Arcand
Trembling aspen completely infested
Pierre Therrien
Trembling aspen leaf mined
Robert Blais