Phyllonorycter geniculella

Phyllonorycter geniculella
	Larval feeding signs
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. geniculella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter geniculella; (Ragonot, 1874)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis geniculella Ragonot, 1874;

Phyllonorycter geniculella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

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The wingspan is about 8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.^[2]

The larvae feed on sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) mining the leaves.^[3]

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