Phyllocnistis citrella

TaxID: 199020

Basic Information

Phyllocnistis citrella

Citrus Leaf Miner, Citrus Leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella, the citrus leafminer, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is also known as CLM in agriculture. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton from India in 1856. It was first found in Florida, United States, in 1993, but is now found all over the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Corsica, Costa Rica, Cuba, India, Israel, Madeira, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka and other parts of the United States. The wingspan is about 5 millimetres (0.20 in). The larvae are considered a serious agricultural pest on Citrus species, such as Aegle marmelos, Atalantia, Citrofortunella microcarpa, Citrus limon, Citrus paradisi, Citrus maxima, Fortunella margarita, Murraya paniculata and Poncirus trifoliate. Larvae have also been recorded on Garcinia mangostana, Pongamia pinnata, Alseodaphne semecarpifolia, Loranthus and Jasminum sambac. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long epidermal corridor with a well-marked central frass line. The mine is mostly lower-surface, but sometimes upper-surface, and rarely on the rind of the developing fruit. Citrus leaf miner larvae are thus protected from many topic insecticide treatments. Pupation takes place in a chamber at the end of the corridor, under an overturned part of the leaf margin.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Gracillariidae

Phyllocnistis

citrella

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Jeffrey W. Lotz@BY
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(c) Guilherme A. Fischer@BY-NC
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(c) Susan J. Hewitt@BY-NC
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(c) Igu Ana Lee@BY-NC
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(c) BJ Stacey@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (4 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Citrus Host
Citrus reticulata Host
Citrus sinensis Host
Citrus unshiu Host

Quarantine Status (16 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Azerbaijan Present 2024
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Belarus Quarantine pest 1994
Chile A2 list 2019
Georgia Present 2018
Madagascar Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Oman Present —
French Polynesia Absent —
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Distribution (112 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

110
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Afghanistan Present —
Algeria Present —
Netherlands Antilles Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Belgium Present —
Benin Present —
Bangladesh Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR1299751 Whole body - not determined 25625122 -

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature