Phyllonorycter tenerella

Phyllonorycter tenerella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. tenerella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter tenerella
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.


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