Phyllonorycter quercifoliella

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

Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella, North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. quercifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis quercifoliella Zeller, 1839

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. The forewings are shining pale golden-ochreous; a whitish dark-margined median streak from base to beyond middle;four costal and three dorsal shining white wedge-shaped spots, dark- margined anteriorly and first costal posteriorly; a black apical dot;an indistinct dark hook in apical cilia. Hindwings are grey. The larva is ochreous-whitish; head brown.^{[2][3] [4]}

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

The larvae feed on Quercus cerris, Quercus faginea, Quercus libani, Quercus petraea, Quercus robur, Quercus trojana and Quercus x turneri. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[6]