Lime common (Tilia cordata Mill.) and its invasive phytophage mole-variegated (Phyllonorycter issikii Kumata)
Journal: Agroecological journal
Year: 2016

In 2012–2015 in Kiev dangerous invasive species phytophage was marked and defined — mole zygaenidae lime, which has been spreading for recent years in conditions of the Kyiv region and other regions of Ukraine. Mole zygaenidae lime (Phyllonorycter issikii Kumata), Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae Toshio Kumata was described firstly in 1963. A phytophage fed predominantly lime cordata. Butterflies of second and third generations overwinter in cracks in the bark of fodder plants. The first butterflies