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Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner, 1805)
Leafminer moths
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Classification:

  • Phylum Arthropoda
  • Class Insecta
  • Order LEPIDOPTERA
  • Suborder
  • Superfamily GRACILLARIOIDEA
  • Family GRACILLARIIDAE
  • Subfamily LITHOCOLLETINAE
  • Genus Phyllonorycter
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CITATION
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R. & O’Connor, J.P. 2006. An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeograghical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=7571
IRISH STATUS
See Explanatory Text
Accepted
NORTHERN IRELAND
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
No RecordsNo Records
STATUS OF NAME
Current name
VALIDATING LITERATURE
Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R., O'Connor, J.P. 2006, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeographical Society,
Beirne, B.P.. 1941, A list of the Microlepidoptera of Ireland, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 47B: 53-147
Bond, K.G.M.. 1996, Previously unpublished records of Microlepidoptera to be added to the Irish list, Irish Naturalists' Journal, 25: 194-207
LITERATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION
LITERATURE FOR TAXONOMIC CHANGE
LITERATURE FOR ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION
LOCATION OF VOUCHER
EXPLANATORY TEXT
There has been much confusion over the identity of this species, Ph. blancardanella and Ph. cydoniella (see Beirne, 1941) (in Lithocolletis). Confirmed Irish records are given by Bond (1996).

CHECKLIST VERSION  2006

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