Locust digitate leafminer moth
This is a teeny tiny moth. Its caterpillar lives inside the leaves of black locust trees, eating a tunnel between the top and bottom of the leaf. It first came from North America.
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With its wings open, it is only about 5 millimetres wide.
It was carried to Italy by accident and was first found there in 1970.
Since then it has spread to France, Germany, Hungary, Ukraine and many other countries.
In Hungary it has two or three families every year.
Most asked questions about Locust digitate leafminer moth
?What is a leafminer?
A leafminer is a tiny caterpillar that lives and eats inside a leaf, leaving a pale tunnel behind.
?Where does it come from?
It comes from North America but now also lives in many parts of Europe.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Parectopa robiniella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Gracillariidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Gracillariidae
- Lives on
- North America, Europe
- Also known as
- Locust digitate leafminer
Where the facts come from
- Parectopa robiniella (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org. CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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