Gracillariidae

15.065 Dark Hornbeam Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter esperella (Goeze, 1783)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 3.5 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits:

Foodplant: A large whitish, upper surface blotch mine on Hornbeam. This eventually causes the leaf to fold upwards.