Bedellia silvicolella

Bedellia silvicolella is a moth in the Bedelliidae family. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.

Bedellia silvicolella
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B. silvicolella
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Bedellia silvicolella
Klimesch, 1968

The larvae feed on Convolvulus canariensis and Convolvulus floridus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a slender corridor with a thick, central frass line that sometimes occupies the entire width of the leaf. Later, larvae create larger, brownish, full-depth fleck mines, often in different leaves.


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