Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

• Plutella maculipennis [11].

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Austria, Azores, Albania, Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Spain ( mainland), Italy (mainland), the Canary Islands, Cyprus,Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Macedonia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Earth, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Turkey (European part), the Faroe Islands,Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European Northeast, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Kamchatka, Karelia, Kola, Nenetsko- Novaya Zemlya tundra, Nizhne-Amur,Lower Volga, Primorye, Sakhalin, the North-Yenisei, the North Urals, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• 17 mm wingspan. The front wings are brownish-gray, with a wide toothed whitish border on the inner edge. [11].

General info about Larva

• Gusenichka young animals live vuntri leaf mining it, and older larvae are kept open on the underside of leaves. Pupation occurs on the leaves. Caterpillar bright green, with dark brown spots and grayish-yellow head. Size larvae - 12 mm. [11].

Larva lifespan

• During the summer develops 2-3 generations diamondback moth larvae. [11].

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