Phyllonorycter lautella

Phyllonorycter lautella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the Mediterranean islands.

Phyllonorycter lautella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. lautella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lautella (Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis lautella Zeller, 1846 Lithocolletis irmella N. Palm, 1947

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The head is black, face leaden -metallic. Antennae with apex white. Forewings ochreous-orange or golden -brown; a silvery-white black-edged median streak from base to 2/3 and central sometimes interrupted fascia; two costal and two dorsal posterior triangular silvery white spots, edged with black anteriorly and dorsal posteriorly. ^[2][3][4]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.^[5]

Mined oakleaf

The larvae feed on Quercus dalechamii, Quercus petraea and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[6]