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Phyllonorycter joannisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula).

Phyllonorycter joannisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. joannisi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter joannisi (Le Marchand, 1936)
Synonyms
Lithocolletis joannisi Le Marchand, 1936 Lithocolletis platanoidella de Joannis, 1920 Phyllonorycter platanoidella

The wingspan is 6.5–9 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations.

The larvae feed on Norway maple (Acer platanoides), mining the leaves of their host plant. They create a fairly large and rounded mine on the underside of a leaf, between two veins but not necessarily touching both and sometimes situated at the leaf edge. The lower epidermis appears smooth or has several small creases and becomes whitish. There may be several mines in a single leaf.[1][2]

References

External links

• Lepiforum.de
• "Phyllonorycter joannisi (Le Marchand, 1936)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
• Media related to Phyllonorycter joannisi at Wikimedia Commons

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