Syringa have a strong fragrance. Flowering varies between mid spring to early summer, depending on the species. The fruit is a dry, brown capsule, splitting in two at maturity to release the two winged seeds. The genus "Syringa" was first formally described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus and the description was published in "Species Plantarum". The genus name "Syringa" is derived from Ancient Greek word "syrinx" meaning "pipe" or "tube" and refers to the hollow branches of "S. vulgaris". The English common name "lilac" is from the French "lilac" via the Arabic ليلك ("lilak") from Persian نیلک ("nilak") meaning "bluish". Lilacs
Gracillaria arsenievi Gracillaria arsenievi Gracillaria arsenievi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the island of Hokkaidō in Japan and the Russian Far East. The wingspan is 10-13.2 mm. The larvae feed on "Fraxinus americana", "Fraxinus chinensis", "Fraxinus mandshurica", "Fraxinus pennsylvanica", "Syringa amurensis", "Syringa reticulata" and "Syringa vulgaris". They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as upper epidermal and tortuous-linear, and later becomes a blister-like blotch. The leaf roll made by the larva of the late instars is conical or trigonal, always rolled up from the tip of the leaf or leaflet on the