Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. ulmifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella
(Hubner, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea ulmifoliella Hubner, 1817
  • Lithocolletis ulmifoliella

Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in all of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula), east to Russia and Japan.

Mined birch leaf
Larva

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.[2]

The larvae feed on Betula x alpestris, Betula grossa, Betula pendula and Betula pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small lower surface tentiform mine. The lower epidermis is greenish-yellow and weakly folded. Pupation takes place within the mine in a cocoon. The frass is deposited in a corner of the mine.[3]

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