Planetree miner - Phyllonorycter platani (Staudinger, 1870) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
2006
Markovic, C.(Sumarski fakultet, Beograd (Serbia)) | Stojanovic, A.(Prirodnjacki muzej, Beograd (Serbia)) | Markovic, M.(Sumarski fakultet, Beograd (Serbia))
In Serbia, plane tree is a frequent species in parks and tree rows. Unfortunately, its trees are intensively infested by the leaf miner Ph. platani. For this reason, its ornamental value is considerably lowered, and early defoliations are also frequent. During the year Ph. platani develops four to five overlapping generations. Consequently, its adults are present in the field from the end of March - beginning of April, to the end of October. The female lays eggs usually on the leaf abaxial. The hatched caterpillars tunnel in the leaf and create the mines on the leaf abaxial. It hibernates in the pupal stage in the mines in the fallen leaves. Ph. platani should be suppressed in autumn by collecting and burning the fallen leaves. If this is not done, it can be suppressed by the application of insecticides during the swarming period.
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