Phyllonorycter muelleriella

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 muelleriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. muelleriella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter muelleriella (Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis muelleriella Zeller, 1839 Elachista amyotella Duponchel, 1840

The wingspan is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in). Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations per year.^[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus cerris, Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3]