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Phyllonorycter hesperiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula and is probably also found in northern Africa.

Phyllonorycter hesperiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. hesperiella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter hesperiella (Staudinger, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis hesperiella Staudinger, 1859

Adults have been recorded on wing from March to June. There are two or more generations per year.

The larvae feed on Retama monosperma, Quercus coccifera and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.[2]

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