| Phyllonorycter lautella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. lautella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter lautella (Zeller, 1846)[1] |
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Phyllonorycter lautella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from all of Europe, except the Mediterranean Islands.
The wingspan is 6-7 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]
The larvae feed on Quercus dalechamii, Quercus petraea and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine, usually between two side veins. The lower epidermis has one sharp fold. The frass is deposited in a corner of the mine and covered by some spinning. There may be several mines in a single, strongly contracted leaf. The pupa is brownish black and is made in a whitish cocoon.[3]