*SHOW ~ British Entomology: The species of \i{}Phyllonorycter\i0{} 
Hbner. November 2018. 
 
*CHARACTER LIST 
 
#1. <synonyms:>/
 
#2. associated with <trees, shrubs or herbs>/
       1. trees/
       2. shrubs/
       3. herbs/
 
#3. on <plant families>/
       1. \i{}Aceraceae\i0{}/
       2. \i{}Betulaceae\i0{}/
       3. \i{}Caprifoliaceae\i0{}/
       4. \i{}Carpinaceae\i0{}/
       5. \i{}Corylaceae\i0{}/
       6. \i{}Dipsacaceae\i0{}/
       7. \i{}Ericaceae\i0{}/
       8. \i{}Fagaceae\i0{}/
       9. \i{}Leguminosae\i0{}/
       10. \i{}Platanaceae\i0{}/
       11. \i{}Rosaceae\i0{}/
       12. \i{}Salicaceae\i0{}/
       13. \i{}Ulmaceae\i0{}/
       14. \i{}Viburnaceae\i0{}/
 
#4. on <plant genera and species; see Notes>/
       1. \i{}Acer campestre\i0{}/
       2. \i{}Acer platanoides\i0{}/
       3. \i{}Acer pseudoplatanus\i0{}/
       4. \i{}Betula\i0{} spp./
       5. \i{}Alnus\i0{}/
       6. \i{}Leycesteria\i0{}/
       7. \i{}Lonicera\i0{}/
       8. \i{}Symphoricarpos\i0{}/
       9. \i{}Carpinus\i0{}/
       10. \i{}Corylus\i0{}/
       11. \i{}Scabiosa columbaria\i0{}/
       12. \i{}Vaccinium\i0{}/
       13. \i{}Castanea sativa\i0{}/
       14. \i{}Fagus sylvatica\i0{}/
       15. native (deciduous) \i{}Quercus\i0{}/
       16. \i{}Quercus ilex\i0{} (evergreen)/
       17. \i{}Cytisus\i0{}/
       18. \i{}Genista\i0{}/
       19. \i{}Ononis\i0{}/
       20. \i{}Ulex\i0{}/
       21. \i{}Lathyrus\i0{}/
       22. \i{}Trifolium\i0{}/
       23. \i{}Vicia\i0{}/
       24. \i{}Platanus\i0{}/
       25. \i{}Crataegus\i0{}/
       26. \i{}Cydonia\i0{}/
       27. \i{}Malus\i0{}/
       28. \i{}Mespilus\i0{}/
       29. \i{}Prunus\i0{} <<species inserted as comment>>/
       30. \i{}Pyracantha\i0{}/
       31. \i{}Sorbus\i0{}/
       32. \i{}Pyrus\i0{}/
       33. \i{}Salix\i0{} <<species inserted as comment>>/
       34. \i{}Populus\i0{} <<species inserted as comment>>/
       35. \i{}Ulmus\i0{}/
       36. \i{}Viburnum\i0{}/
 
#5. the larvae mining <locations>/
       1. in leaves/
       2. in shoots/
       3. under green bark/
 
#6. <mines in leaves, whether in the upper- or under-sides>/
       1. in the under-side <mesophyll>/
       2. in the upper-side <palisade, if differentiated>/
 
#7. <larvae> found in <months when larvae may be found>/
       1. January/
       2. February/
       3. March/
       4. April/
       5. May/
       6. June/
       7. July/
       8. August/
       9. September/
       10. October/
       11. November/
       12. December/
 
#8. the larva <whether cocoon-forming>/
       1. pupating in a morphologically distinct cocoon/
       2. not constructing a definite cocoon/
 
#9. the pupal cremaster <number of processes>/
       1. with one pair of hooked processes/
       2. with two pairs of hooked processes/
 
#10. the two pairs of cremastal processes <relative sizes>/
       1. more or less equal in length/
       2. very unequal in length/
 
#11. the cremastal processes <shape>/
       1. long and thin/
       2. relatively short and basally broad/
 
#12. antennae <colour>/
       1. white to the base/
       2. coloured <specify>/
 
#13. face <colour>/
       1. white/
       2. silvery/
       3. grey/
       4. coloured <specify>/
 
#14. head <colour>/
       1. white/
       2. yellow/
       3. orange/
       4. ochreous/
       5. brown/
       6. fuscous/
       7. black/
 
#15. collar <colour>/
 
#16. thorax <colour>/
       1. white/
       2. yellow/
       3. orange/
       4. ochreous/
       5. brown/
       6. fuscous/
 
#17. thorax <whether metallic>/
       1. shining-metallic/
       2. not shining-metallic <<implicit>>/
 
#18. thorax <shining metallic, colour>/
       1. brassy/
       2. silvery or leaden/
 
#19. thorax <whether with a median pale streak>/
       1. with a conspicuous median pale streak/
       2. without a <conspicuous> median pale streak <implicit>/
 
#20. wing-span <centre thorax to wing apex, X 2>/
       mm/
 
#21. forewings <ground colour, attempt at detailed breakdown>/
       1. white/
       2. whitish/
       3. ochreous/
       4. golden ochreous/
       5. reddish ochreous/
       6. fuscous orange/
       7. ochreous orange/
       8. golden orange/
       9. brownish orange/
       10. golden brown/
       11. brassy brown/
       12. brown/
       13. fuscous/
 
#22. forewings <ground colour, white or otherwise, excluding any fasciae>/
       1. clear shining white <at least in the basal half> with coloured
          markings/
       2. not clear shining white/
 
#23. forewings <white, whether exhibiting dark transverse fasciae>/
       1. exhibiting conspicuous transverse dark (black-edged, ochreous)
          fasciae/
       2. lacking dark transverse fasciae/
 
#24. forewings <whether with an oblique fascia from the base of the costa>/
       1. with a conspicuous, very oblique, golden brown and posteriorly
          fuscous-edged fascia from the base of the costa <\i{}P. roboris\i0{}>/
       2. lacking the oblique golden brown fascia from the base of the costa
          exhibited by \i{}P. roboris\i0{}/
 
#25. forewings <whether suffused fuscous throughout>/
       1. suffused throughout with fuscous/
       2. not suffused throughout with fuscous <implicit>/
 
#26. forewings <whether exhibiting a sharply defined londitudinal basal streak>/
       1. with a well defined <median, longitudinal> basal streak/
       2. without a basal streak/
 
#27. the basal streak <pale or fuscous>/
       1. pale/
       2. fuscous on the light background/
 
#28. the basal streak <shape>/
       1. relatively long, slender and sinuate/
       2. markedly bent/
       3. <more or less> straight, neither markedly long and slender nor sinuate
          <implicit>/
 
#29. the basal streak <whether dark-edged above>/
       1. dark-edged above/
       2. not dark-edged above/
 
#30. forewings <whether exhibiting pale, wedge-shaped strigulae>/
       1. with well defined pale strigulae/
       2. lacking well defined pale strigulae/
 
#31. <pale> costal strigulae <number, coalescing with dorsal strigulae or not>/
 
#32. <pale> costal strigulae <colour>/
       1. white/
       2. faintly pale yellow/
 
#33. the first <proximal, free> costal strigula <or spot, whether extending
          proximally>/
       1. extended basipetally along the costa/
       2. not basipetally extended along the costa/
 
#34. <dark edging of fasciae and strigulae>/
       1. the ground colour darkening gradually towards the inner edges of the
          pale fasciae and strigulae/
       2. the fasciae and strigulae inwardly sharply dark-edged/
 
#35. the first <proximal, free> costal strigula <or spot, whether
          dark-margined>/
       1. dark-margined posteriorly/
       2. not dark-margined posteriorly/
 
#36. <pale> dorsal strigulae <number, coalescing with costal strigulae or not>/
 
#37. forewings <whether first costal and first or second dorsal strigulae form
          an acute angle, regardless of whether they coalesce to form a fascia>/
       1. with the first costal strigula approaching a dorsal one at an acute
          angle/
       2. with the first costal strigula not forming an acute angle with a
          dorsal one/
 
#38. forewings <presence and number of transverse pale fasciae representing
          confluence of opposing costal and dorsal strigulae>/
       1. with one <complete> transverse pale fascia/
       2. with two <complete> transverse pale fasciae/
       3. with three <complete> transverse pale fasciae/
       4. without <complete> transverse pale fasciae <none of the dorsal and
          costal strigulae, when present, confluent into continuous bands>/
 
#39. the <pale> fascia <when only one present, whether angulated>/
       1. angulated/
       2. only slightly bent/
 
#40. the last fascia <of the white wing, whether angulated>/
       1. angulated/
       2. straight/
 
#41. the antemedian fascia <of the white wing, whether bluntly or acutely
          angulated>/
       1. bluntly angulated/
       2. acutely angulated/
 
#42. forewings <number of costal spots beyond the second fascia>/
       1. with two costal spots beyond the second fascia/
       2. with three costal spots beyond the second fascia/
 
#43. forewings <whether exhibiting conspicuous dark apical markings>/
       1. with conspicuous dark apical marking <contrasting with the ground
          colour and fasciae>/
       2. without conspicuous dark apical marks/
 
#44. forewing apical marking <nature of dark apical marking>/
       1. comprising a round blackish apical spot/
       2. comprising an elongate blackish apical spot/
       3. comprising a dark apical strigula <several times as long as wide>/
       4. comprising a dark apical strigula <several times as long as wide>
          ending in a black spot/
       5. comprising a dark apical strigula <several times as long as wide>
          surmounted by a white spot/
       6. comprising a dark apical strigula <several times as long as wide>
          edged white above/
       7. comprising a blackish, anteriorly white-edged apical spot/
       8. comprising a black dot within a golden-brown apical spot/
 
#45. the forewing fringe <whether traversed by a dark line ('apical hook type 1
          or type 3'>/
       1. traversed towards the apex by a narrow, curved dark line/
       2. not traversed by a dark line <implicit>/
 
#46. the forewing fringe <whether dark-lined>/
       1. narrowly dark-lined along the bases of the cilia/
       2. narrowly dark-lined along the tips of the apical cilia <immediately
          after the last costal strigula, constituting a type 2 apical hook>/
       3. not dark-lined <implicit>/
 
#47. the forewing basal fringe line <location>/
       1. complete/
       2. confined to the apical region or fading dorsally/
       3. interrupted/
 
#48. hindwing cilia <colour>/
       1. white/
       2. fuscous/
 
#49. posterior tarsi <spotting>/
       1. with dark spots/
       2. whitish, without dark spots/
 
#50. the left and right male genital valvae <lobing>/
       1. with the bodies deeply lobed/
       2. with entire bodies <not deeply lobed <implicit>>/
 
#51. the left and right male genital valvae <similarity>/
       1. similar in size and form/
       2. very dissimilar/
 
#52. the left male genital valva <whether spine-tipped>/
       1. retrorsely tipped by a hooked spine/
       2. tipped by a straight spine/
       3. not spine-tipped/
 
#53. the left male genital valva <dorsal spines>/
       1. with a single costal-marginal spine towards the apex/
       2. with a single mid-costal marginal spine/
       3. with a spine around the mid-costal margin and another near the apex/
       4. without marginal spines <implicit>/
 
#54. the left and right male genital valvae <costae free or joined>/
       1. having free costae/
       2. without free costae/
 
#55. the left and right free costae <of the male genital valvae, detachment>/
       1. <more or less> completely detached from the valvae/
       2. arising near the bases of the valvae/
 
#56. the left and right free costae <of the male genital valvae, similarity>/
       1. similar <in size and form>/
       2. markedly different/
 
#57. the <male genital> aedeagus <form>/
       1. long and relatively slender with a triangular barb towards the apex/
       2. short and relatively stumpy, not barbed/
 
#58. the female genitalia <presence of a signum>/
       1. exhibiting a signum on the bursa copulatrix/
       2. with no signum/
 
#59. adults abroad <months when living adults may be found>/
       1. January/
       2. February/
       3. March/
       4. April/
       5. May/
       6. June/
       7. July/
       8. August/
       9. September/
       10. October/
       11. November/
       12. December/
 
#60. <general comments:>/
 
#61. abbreviated taxon name:/
 
#62. <illustrations>/
