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Phyllonorycter distentella

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Phyllonorycter distentella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. distentella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter distentella
(Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis distentella Zeller, 1846

Phyllonorycter distentella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Germany to Portugal, Italy and Hungary and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

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