Phyllonorycter rajella (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Alder Midget)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhyllonorycter rajella (Common Alder Midget)
GenusPhyllonorycter (midget micro-moths)
SubfamilyLITHOCOLLETINAE (midget micro-moths)
FamilyGRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Phyllonorycter rajella (Common Alder Midget) :
1: Phyllonorycter rajella (Common Alder Midget)
13 Jul 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Reared from leaf mines on Alder
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top view

Phyllonorycter rajella (Common Alder Midget) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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