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Phyllonorycter heegeriella
Imago New Forest, Hampshire, England
Imago Russia, Moscow Oblast
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. heegeriella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter heegeriella (Zeller, 1846)
Synonyms
Lithocolletis heegeriella Zeller, 1846

Phyllonorycter heegeriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 6,5-8,5 mm. The forewings are shining white ; a fuscous median line from base to middle ; four costal and three dorsal dark fuscous strigulae, anteriorly more or less broadly margined with pale yellow-ochreous ; apex pale yellow-ochreous, enclosing an elongate black apical dot ; an ill-defined dark hook in apical cilia. Hindwings pale grey.

Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Quercus petraea and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Leafminers and plant galls of Europe
• lepiforum.de

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