Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Paraswammerdamia
Species:
P. albicapitella
Binomial name
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
(Scharfenberg, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena albicapitella Scharfenberg, 1805
  • Tinea spiniella Hübner, [1809]
  • Tinea caesiella Hübner, [1813] (not Hübner, 1796)

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.[1] It was recently reported from Canada (British Columbia).[2]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. Adults are greyish with a white head and thorax. They are on wing in July.[3]

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.[4]

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