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De Prins, J., De Prins, W., De Coninck, E., Kawahara, A., Milton, M. & Hebert, P. 2013. ‘Taxonomic history and invasion biology of two Phyllonorycter leaf miners (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with links to taxonomic and molecular datasets’. Zootaxa 3709: 341-362. ISSN: 1175-5326. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.3. I.F. 0.974.
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This paper deals with two European species, Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner, 1805) and P. trifasciella (Haworth,
1828), that have colonized the subtropical Canary Islands. The Rosaceae leaf miner, P. mespilella, is recorded for the first
time from Lanzarote and La Palma, while the Caprifoliaceae leaf miner, P. trifasciella, is recorded from Tenerife. We present
the diagnoses of these species based on morphology, a preliminary DNA barcode (COI) library of congeneric and confamilial
species, and discuss the taxonomic position of the colonizers within the blancardella and trifasciella species
groups. The recent intensification of anthropogenic disturbance likely accounts for their range expansion, an event that
may impact the relict flora present on the Canary Islands.