Phyllonorycter tenerella
Hornbeam Midget
Wingspan 6 to 8 mm.
Adult 
Leafmine 
Leafmine occurs on Hornbeam. http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Lepidoptera/P.tenerella.htm
Where Hornbeam, the larval foodplant occurs.
The adults fly in two generations, in May then again during July and August.
The larva creates a narrow mine on the underside of a leaf of Hornbeam (Carpinus), which can be confused with other hornbeam feeding species.
Distributed mainly in the south-east of England, P. tenerella has been occasionally found elsewhere, probably as an introduction with the foodplant. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 October 2017
leafmine on Hornbeam
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 October 2017
leafmine on Hornbeam
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Species profile
- Common names
- Hornbeam Midget
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Gracillariidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 04/10/2017 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 02/11/2021 (Leonard, Pete)
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