| Phyllonorycter tenerella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. tenerella
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter tenerella (de Joannis, 1915)
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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.
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
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ UKMoths
- ^ "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
