Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. kuhlweiniella
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| Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella | |
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Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Albania and from Great Britain to central and southern Russia.
The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again from late July to August.[2]
The larvae feed on Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella (Zeller, 1839)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ "Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella". UK Moths. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ "Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella Zeller, 1839". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
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