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Phyllonorycter agilella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.[1] It is found in Latvia[2] central Russia, Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from France to eastern Russia.

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

Its larvae feed on Ulmus glabra, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, mining the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface (but sometimes upper-surface), weakly folded tentiform mine. The folded side of the mine is whitish. The pupa is created in a very loose cocoon.

References

External links

• bladmineerders.nl
• Fauna Europaea
• Data related to Phyllonorycter agilella at Wikispecies

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