Phyllonorycter hesperiella (Staudinger, 1859)

SUBFAMILY	Lithocolletinae
GENUS	Phyllonorycter
SPECIES	hesperiella
AUTHOR	(Staudinger, 1859)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Lithocolletis Hesperiella.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Spain], Chiclana.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Syntypes 2♂, ZMHB.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Staudinger, O. 1859. Diagnosen nebst kurzen Beschreibungen neuer andalusischer Lepidopteren. - Entomologische Zeitung, Stettin 20:211-259.
PAGINATION	256

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Portugal		Laštuvka, A. & Laštuvka, Z. 2006. The European Phyllonorycter species feeding on the plants of the tribe Genisteae (Fabaceae), with descriptions of twelve new species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 54(7):65-83.	69
Spain		Staudinger, O. 1859. Diagnosen nebst kurzen Beschreibungen neuer andalusischer Lepidopteren. - Entomologische Zeitung, Stettin 20:211-259.	256

Notes: Perhaps also in N. Africa (Lastuvka et al. 2013: 258).

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Fabaceae	Retama monosperma	Portugal	Laštuvka, A. & Laštuvka, Z. 2006. The European Phyllonorycter species feeding on the plants of the tribe Genisteae (Fabaceae), with descriptions of twelve new species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 54(7):65-83.	69
Fagaceae	Quercus coccifera	Spain	Staudinger, O. 1859. Diagnosen nebst kurzen Beschreibungen neuer andalusischer Lepidopteren. - Entomologische Zeitung, Stettin 20:211-259.	256
Fagaceae	Quercus robur	Spain	Minà-Palumbo, F. 1884. Lepidotteri Druofagi. - Naturalista Siciliano 4:16-20.	18

* Blotch mine on underside of leaf.