Phyllonorycter aemula is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in northern Italy and Austria.

Phyllonorycter aemula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. aemula
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aemula Triberti, Deschka & Huemer, 1997

Adults are on wing from April to early June and again from July to early August in two generations.

The larvae feed on Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentifom mine, practically indistinguishable from the mine of Phyllonorycter coryli.

External links

• bladmineerders.nl
• Fauna Europaea

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