Ecological Relationships of Aboriginal Dendrobiotic Arthropods with Invasive Lime Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata, 1963) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)

The ecological relationships of native dendrobiont arthropods with the mines of the invasive species Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata, 1963) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) were studied in Udmurtia during 2016–2023. A complex of predators of Ph. issikii has been identified. Thrips Haplothrips subtilissimus (Haliday, 1852) (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) and mite Anystis sp. (Trombidiformes, Anystidae) have been reported as predators of the leaf miner for the first time. Valenzuela flavidus (Stephens, 1836) (Caeciliusidae), Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coccinellidae), and Clubiona sp. (Clubionidae) use Ph. issikii mines as a cover.