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Phyllonorycter tenerella

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter tenerella
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
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.

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

References

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


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