Phyllonorycter leucographella (Zeller, 1850)
(Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner)

Interactions where Phyllonorycter leucographella is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
caterpillar caterpillar mines live, upward folding leaf Pyracantha firethorns Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gracillariidae/Phyllonorycter leucographella/Phyllonorycter leucographellafirethorn leafminer, firethorn leaf minercaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyracantha/Pyracanthafirethornslive, upward foldingleaf (esp winter)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Phyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner)
GenusPhyllonorycter (midget micro-moths)
SubfamilyLITHOCOLLETINAE (midget micro-moths)
FamilyGRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, R.M. & Roy, D.B. 2008 Revealing the foundations of biodiversity British Wildlife Vol 20, No. 1: 17-25.

Phyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Phyllonorycter leucographella (Firethorn Leafminer, Firethorn Leaf Miner)
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