| Phyllonorycter blancardella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. blancardella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter blancardella (Fabricius, 1781) |
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Phyllonorycter blancardella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from all of Europe, east to Ukraine and central Anatolia.
The wingspan is 6-9 mm. Adults emerge in May and again in August in two generations in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Malus angustifolia, Malus x astracanica, Malus baccata, Malus coronaria, Malus domestica, Malus floribunda, Malus fusca, Malus ringo, Malus x robusta and Malus sylvestris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a lower surface tentiform mine. The epidermis is yellow-green and has some folds. Pupation takes place within the mine. The pupa is amber or chestnut brown, and is made within in a white cocoon.