Leaf mines and leaf miners

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GYÖRGY CSÓKA
Forest Research Institute

Phyllonorycter issikii Kumata
Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae

Bivoltine (V-IX.). Hosts are the Tilia species. The larva is yellowish white, makes a blotch mine on the underside. It moderately pulls the leaves together. The faeces is in a pile at one end of the mine. Native in Eastern Asia, was probably introduced to Eastern Europe during the 70s. Reached Hungary in 2000 or 2001, now recorded from many places in Northeastern Hungary.

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