| Phyllonorycter coryli | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. coryli |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter coryli (Nicelli, 1851) |
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The Nut Leaf Blister Moth (Phyllonorycter coryli) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 7-9 mm.
The larvae feed on Corylus avellana, Corylus colurna, Corylus maxima and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface silvery tentiform mine. At first, the mine remains quite flat, and has the appearance of a blotch mine. At the end, the leaf is strongly contracted. There may be several mines in a single leaf. The pupa is made in a cocoon in a corner of the mine. The frass is deposited in the opposite corner.