Syringopais temperatella

Syringopais temperatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterolonchidae
Genus: Syringopais
Species: S. temperatella
Binomial name
Syringopais temperatella
(Lederer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Oecophora temperatella Lederer, 1855
  • Oecophora fuscofasciata Stainton, 1867
  • Butalis ochrolitella Staudinger, 1870
  • Nochelodes xenicopa Meyrick, 1920

Syringopais temperatella, the cereal leaf miner or wheat leaf miner, is a moth of the Pterolonchidae family. It is found on Cyprus and in Greece and the Near East.[1]

The forewings are shining greenish-yellow and the hindwings are ash-grey.[2] Adults are on wing from late spring to early summer.[3]

The larvae feed on Hordeum and Triticum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts at the leaf-tip, and may occupy the entire width of the blade. Most frass is deposited in the lower part of the mine. Young larvae enter the soil, make a cocoon and enter summer diapause. Mining larvae can be found in winter and early spring. The larvae are pale with a dark brown head.[4] Pupation takes place in the soil.

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