Phyllonorycter tenerella (de Joannis, 1915)
hornbeam midget

Carpinus betulus, Cadzand
mine
Narrow, finally tubular lower-surface mine between two side veins. The lower epidermis with one strong fold. Pupa in a flimsy cocoon in a corner of the mine, usually in the axil of midrib and side vein. Frass loosely heaped in the opposite corner.
In Ostrya the mines are shorter, and less constrained by the lateral veins (Triberti ao, 1997a).
host plants
Betulaceae, oligophagous
Carpinus betulus; Ostrya carpinifolia.
phenology
Larvae in June – July and September – October (Emmet ao, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Britain to NW Russia and the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
pupa
synonyms
Lithocolletis tenerella; L. tenella Zeller, 1846; Phyllonorycter albidorsella (Benander, 1944).
references
Ahr (1966a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2010a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1935a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Deschka & Wimmer (2000a), Deutschmann (2008a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Jaworski (2009a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Kollár (2007a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchklein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kvičala (1938a), Lhomme (1934b), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), De Prins (2007a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Stolnicu (2007a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a), Triberti, Deschka & Huemer (1997a), Zoerner (1969a).