| | Insects of Britain and Ireland: the genus Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera-Gracillariidae) |
Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.
Adults. Thorax not shining-metallic; without a median pale streak. Forewings lacking the oblique golden brown fascia from the base of the costa exhibited by P. roboris; not suffused throughout with fuscous. The basal streak straight, neither markedly long and slender nor sinuate. The left and right male genital valvae with entire bodies.
The left male genital valva without marginal spines.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the genus Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera-Gracillariidae) Version: 14th April 2022. delta-intkey.com’.