Phyllonorycter distentella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. distentella |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter distentella | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Phyllonorycter abrasella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to France, Italy and Greece. There is a disjunct population in southern Russia.
Phyllonorycter roboris is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe.
Phyllonorycter harrisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.
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.
Phyllonorycter lautella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Mediterranean islands.
The European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's midget is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia.
Phyllonorycter muelleriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from the Baltic States to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to central and southern Russia.
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except for the Mediterranean islands.
Phyllonorycter himalayana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Nepal.
Phyllonorycter acutissimae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan and Korea.
Phyllonorycter nigristella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found on the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Shikoku in Japan and in the Russian Far East.
Phyllonorycter pseudolautella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan and from the Russian Far East.
Phyllonorycter pygmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.
Phyllonorycter cretata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō) and the Russian Far East.
Phyllonorycter mongolicae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan.
Phyllonorycter albanotella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, Maine, Vermont and Connecticut in the United States.
Phyllonorycter diaphanella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Texas and Ohio in the United States.
Phyllonorycter aeriferella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.
Phyllonorycter basistrigella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Connecticut, Illinois, Oregon, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California and Missouri in the United States.