Swammerdamia caesiella

Swammerdamia caesiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Swammerdamia
Species: S. caesiella
Binomial name
Swammerdamia caesiella
(Hübner, 1796)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea caesiella Hübner, 1796
  • Swammerdamia heroldella Hübner, [1825]
  • Swammerdamia heroldella
  • Tinea nubeculella Tengström, 1848
  • Swammerdamia nubeculella
  • Tinea griseocapitella Stainton, 1851
  • Swammerdamia griseocapitella

Swammerdamia caesiella is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found from most of Europe to Japan. It is also present in North America,[2] where it is possibly an introduced species.[3]

Gnawed birch leaves
Larva

The wingspan is 9–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head. They are on wing from May to June and again in August in two generations per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Betula species. They feed on the parenchyma on the upperside of a leaf, beneath a silken web.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Swammerdamia at funet
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ UKmoths


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