Phyllonorycter tenerella

Phyllonorycter tenerella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. tenerella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter tenerella (de Joannis, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis tenerella de Joannis, 1915 Lithocolletis tenella Zeller, 1846

Phyllonorycter tenerella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to north-western Russia and Ukraine.

Damage

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again from July to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. UKMoths
3. "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-20.