Phylloporia bistrigella

Phylloporia bistrigella is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in western, northern and central Europe and north-eastern North America.

A birch leaf mined by two larvae, one of which has already cut out its case and departed

Larva

Phylloporia bistrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Incurvariidae
Genus:	Phylloporia
Species:	P. bistrigella
Binomial name
Phylloporia bistrigella (Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
Tinea bistrigella Haworth, 1828 Phylloporia abalienella (Zetterstedt, 1840) Phylloporia subammanella (Stainton, 1849) Phylloporia dilorella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Phylloporia labradorella (Clemens, 1864) Phylloporia labradoriella (Walsingham, 1888) (missp.) Phylloporia aureovireus (Dietz, 1905)

The wingspan is 7–9 mm.7-8 nnn. Head ochreous -fuscous. Forewings fuscous; a straight shining whitish fascia at 1/3, and another sometimes interrupted beyond middle; sometimes a whitish elongate discal spot beyond this. Hindwings grey.^[1][2][3][4]

The larvae feed on Betula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.