Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Yponomeutidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Paraswammerdamia | |
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Similar Paraswammerdamia lutarea, Swammerdamia caesiella, Pseudoswammerdamia combinella, Swammerdamia, Argyresthia albistria | ||
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia. It was recently reported from Canada (British Columbia).
The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head and thorax. They are on wing in July.
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. After overwintering in a silken enclosure, they feed freely on the leaves from within a silk web. Mining larvae can be found in September. The larvae have a reddish-brown body and light brown head.
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Paraswammerdamia albicapitella Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA