Phyllonorycter cavella

Phyllonorycter cavella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. cavella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter cavella
(Zeller, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis cavella Zeller, 1846

Phyllonorycter cavella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from all of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands), east to Japan and Russia.

The wingspan is 6–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula pendula and Betula pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a relatively large, lower-surface tentiform mine. The epidermis is strongly folded. Pupation takes place within the mine in a white cocoon.


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