Topic: Phyllocnistis citrella
Hello
Please could the moth Phyllocnistis citrella be added to the dictionary? It has been found several times as old mines on supermarket clementine leaves, but also as a tennanted mine on a living lemon tree in a garden centre. It is on the british moth list, you can read more detail on Norfolk Moths (I can't link sorry)
Order: Lepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: P. citrella
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis citrella
Stainton, 1856
Let me know if you need further info :)
Elaine Wright
South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre