Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

The hawthorn red midget moth (Phyllonorycter corylifoliella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe.

Two mined hawthorn leaves
Larva

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. corylifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
(Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea corylifoliella Hubner, 1796
  • Lithocolletis betulae Zeller, 1839

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations.

The larvae feed on Amelanchier lamarckii, Amelanchier ovalis, Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, Chaenomeles japonica, Cotoneaster nebrodensis, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Cydonia oblonga, Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris, Mespilus germanica, Prunus avium, Pyrus amygdaliformis, Pyrus communis, Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus domestica, Sorbus torminalis and Spiraea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a silvery, upper-surface, epidermal tentiform mine, which is centred over the midrib or a large lateral vein. The epidermis remains without folds until the mine becomes strongly contracted. Young mines have the appearance of a streak of silver on top of a vein.


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