Gracillariidae

15.063 Beech Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter maestingella (Müller, 1764)

Common

Similar species: Phyllonorycter coryli. Check genitalia

Forewing: 3.5 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, parks or wherever the foodplant is present.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a long mine between two veins on the underside or occasionally the upper surface of a Beech leaf. If the mine is near the leaf margin the edge may fold downwards. The mine is longer and narrower than that of Phyllonorycter messaniella.