Phyllonorycter populifoliella

Phyllonorycter populifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the British Isles.

Phyllonorycter populifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. populifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
Elachista populifoliella Treitschke, 1833

Adults are on wing in two generations per year, from April to May and in again from August to September.^[2]

The larvae feed on Populus x canadensis, Populus deltoides, Populus euramericana and Populus nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3] The pupa of the second generation hibernates.