Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Yponomeutoidea → family Lyonetiidae → subfamily Lyonetiinae → genus Lyonetia → species Lyonetia clerkella

Species name(s)

Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Elachista aereella Treitschke, 1833 = Argyromiges autumnella Curtis, 1829 = Tinea malifoliella Hübner, 1796.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Wingspan

6—8 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Larva lifespan

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Over-wintering stage

Imago.

Detailed information with references

Habitus and Differences from alike species

The wingspan of about 0.7 cm. The rear wings are narrow, with long fringe rear, front - silver-white color, and too narrow - also have fringe. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Karelia, Nizhne-Amur, of Baikal, Seaside, Mid-Volzhsky, South -Uralsky. [3]. Peter Khramov.
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Europe and North Africa. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Lifespan

It occurs throughout the year. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Additional info about Imago

Habitats: deciduous forests, gardens. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Larva lifespan

All year round. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Larva food plants

The leaves of cherry, apple and other fruit trees. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Additional info about Larva

Doing zigzag moves in the leaves of host plants. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Overwintering stage

The latest generation of adults. [5]. Peter Khramov.

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)