Phyllonorycter tenerella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to north-western Russia and Ukraine.
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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. tenerella
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| Phyllonorycter tenerella (de Joannis, 1915)[1]
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The wingspan is 6–8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again from July to August.[2]
The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a narrow, finally tubular lower-surface mine between two side veins. The lower epidermis has one strong fold. The pupa is made in a flimsy cocoon in a corner of the mine. The frass is deposited in the opposite corner. In Ostrya, the mine is shorter and less constrained by the lateral veins.[3]
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ UKMoths
- ^ "Bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
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