Phyllonorycter messaniella

TaxID: 199053

Basic Information

Phyllonorycter messaniella

Garden Midget

The European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's midget (Phyllonorycter messaniella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia. The wingspan is 7 C9 mm. The forewings are light golden ochreous; a whitish dark-margined median streak from base almost to middle; four costal and three dorsal shining white wedge-shaped spots, dark-margined anteriorly and first pair except towards origin posteriorly, first dorsal very long, reaching opposite apex of second costal; a black apical dot. Hindwings are grey. The larva is yellow, paler anteriorly; dorsal line dark green; head brownish. Adults are on wing from April to November in a number of generations. The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus, Castanea sativa, Fagus sylvatica, Prunus, Quercus ilex, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur, Quercus suber, Quercus x turneri and Tilia species.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Gracillariidae

Phyllonorycter

messaniella

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY
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(c) Aalbert Rebergen@BY
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(c) Heiner Ziegler@BY-NC
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(c) Edithvale-Australia Insects and Spiders@BY-NC
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(c) John P@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (17 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Germany Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
Georgia Present —
Greece Present —
Italy Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_976984685.1 Chromosome 317 10444 10950 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (124 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
WWTS879-24 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 657 United Kingdom 2023-10-18 51.19107, -3.05189
WWTS830-24 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2023-11-17 51.19107, -3.05189
WTPV5581-25 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2024-12-11 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
WTPV5429-25 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 679 United Kingdom 2024-11-13 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
WTPV5420-25 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 657 United Kingdom 2024-11-13 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
WTPV5408-25 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 656 United Kingdom 2024-11-13 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
WTPV082-24 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 656 United Kingdom 2023-11-22 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
WTPV079-24 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 657 United Kingdom 2023-11-22 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
WTPV076-24 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 657 United Kingdom 2023-11-22 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
WTPV067-24 BOLD:AAD9588 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2023-11-22 50.907738, 0.6849689999999999
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Literature