Phyllonorycter endryella

Phyllonorycter endryella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Corsica, Sardinia and Maghreb.

Phyllonorycter endryella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. endryella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter endryella
(Mann, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis endryella Mann, 1855

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera, Quercus ilex and Quercus suber. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine. The mine causes the leaf margin to fold.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. bladmineerders.nl


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