The wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine. At first, the mine is nearly round, silvery, and flat, and is centred over a side vein. Later, the mine becomes strongly contracted and sometimes almost doubles the leaf.
phyllonorycter, esperella, moth, family, gracillariidae, found, from, sweden, pyrenees, italy, greece, from, great, britain, ukraine, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, gracilla. Phyllonorycter esperella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Ukraine Phyllonorycter esperellaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily GracillariidaeGenus PhyllonorycterSpecies P esperellaBinomial namePhyllonorycter esperella Goeze 1783 1 SynonymsTinea esperella Goeze 1783 Lithocolletis carpinicolella Stainton 1851 Tinea quinnata Fourcroy 1785 LarvaDamageDamageThe wingspan is 7 9 mm Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus and Ostrya carpinifolia They mine the leaves of their host plant They create an upper surface tentiform mine At first the mine is nearly round silvery and flat and is centred over a side vein Later the mine becomes strongly contracted and sometimes almost doubles the leaf References edit Fauna EuropaeaExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phyllonorycter esperella nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Phyllonorycter esperella bladmineerders nl nbsp This article relating to moths in genus Phyllonorycter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phyllonorycter esperella amp oldid 1187915156, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
