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Phyllocnistis vitegenella
Phyllocnistis vitegenella
Field notes
Phyllocnistis vitegenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is native to North America, but has been recorded from northern Italy in 1994, Slovenia in 2004 and Switzerland in 2009.
The larvae feed on American native species of Vitis and it has become a pest of the cultivated Vitis vinifera. They mine the leaves of their host plants.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided