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Gracillariidae

Gracillariinae
26 species. Wingspan 7-14mm. Small moths which characteristically rest with the anterior part of their bodies raised at an angle from the surface displaying ornamented front and middle legs. Their larvae at first mining and sap feeding in the epidermis of a leaf, then moulting, changing their mouthparts and feeding in full thickness mines, or in spun folded or conically rolled leaves. Most pupate in a silken cocoon or under a silken membrane under a leaf. The imagines of some species hibernate in conifers, ivy, etc.

Lithocolletinae
47 species. Wingspan 6-10mm. Small brightly coloured moths very similar in appearance with a distinctive pattern of white edged dark marks on a white, gold, orange or brown background. Their larvae initially have a sap feeding phase but then remain in the mine, lining it with silk which contracts and forms an inflated chamber in which they feed on the leaf tissue. They cannot leave the mine and pupate there, in the autumn generation falling to the ground within the leaf and emerging in the spring. Many can be identified from the foodplant, whether the mine is on the upper or lower surface of the leaf, and from the structure of the mine or cocoon. This subfamily includes the invasive Horse Chestnut leaf miner.

Phyllocnistinae
2 species. Wingspan 6-7mm. Very small moths whose larvae are sap feeders mining under the epidermis of leaves and stems and pupating in a cocoon under a turned over leaf edge.

 Gracillariinae
15.001 299 Parectopa ononidis
15.002 280 Caloptilia cuculipennella
15.003 281 Caloptilia populetorum
15.004 282 Caloptilia elongella
15.005 283 Caloptilia betulicola
15.006 284 Caloptilia rufipennella
15.007 285 Caloptilia azaleella
15.008 286 Caloptilia alchimiella
15.0085 286x Caloptilia alchimiella/robustella
15.009 287 Caloptilia robustella
15.010 288 Caloptilia stigmatella
15.011 289 Caloptilia falconipennella
15.012 290 Caloptilia semifascia
15.0131 291a Caloptilia honoratella
15.014 293 Gracillaria syringella
15.015 294 Aspilapteryx tringipennella
15.016 297 Euspilapteryx auroguttella
15.017 296 Calybites phasianipennella
15.019 313 Acrocercops brongniardella
15.022 310 Callisto denticulella
15.024 300 Parornix loganella
15.025 301 Parornix betulae
15.026 302 Parornix fagivora
15.028 303 Parornix anglicella
15.029 304 Parornix devoniella
15.030 305 Parornix scoticella
15.032 308 Parornix finitimella
15.033 309 Parornix torquillella
 Lithocolletinae
15.034 315 Phyllonorycter harrisella
15.035 316 Phyllonorycter roboris
15.036 317 Phyllonorycter heegeriella
15.037 318 Phyllonorycter tenerella
15.038 319 Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella
15.039 320 Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
15.040 321 Phyllonorycter messaniella
15.041 321a Phyllonorycter platani
15.042 322 Phyllonorycter muelleriella
15.043 323 Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae
15.044 324 Phyllonorycter sorbi
15.045 325 Phyllonorycter mespilella
15.046 326 Phyllonorycter blancardella
15.047 327 Phyllonorycter hostis
15.048 328 Phyllonorycter junoniella
15.049 329 Phyllonorycter spinicolella
15.050 330 Phyllonorycter cerasicolella
15.051 331 Phyllonorycter lantanella
15.052 332 Phyllonorycter corylifoliella
15.053 332a Phyllonorycter leucographella
15.054 333 Phyllonorycter viminiella
15.056 335 Phyllonorycter salicicolella
15.057 336 Phyllonorycter dubitella
15.058 337 Phyllonorycter hilarella
15.059 338 Phyllonorycter cavella
15.060 339 Phyllonorycter ulicicolella
15.061 340 Phyllonorycter scopariella
15.063 341 Phyllonorycter maestingella
15.064 342 Phyllonorycter coryli
15.065 343 Phyllonorycter esperella
15.066 344 Phyllonorycter strigulatella
15.067 345 Phyllonorycter rajella
15.068 346 Phyllonorycter distentella
15.069 347 Phyllonorycter anderidae
15.071 349 Phyllonorycter nigrescentella
15.073 351 Phyllonorycter lautella
15.074 352 Phyllonorycter schreberella
15.075 353 Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella
15.076 354 Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
15.078 356 Phyllonorycter tristrigella
15.079 357 Phyllonorycter stettinensis
15.080 358 Phyllonorycter froelichiella
15.081 359 Phyllonorycter nicellii
15.082 360 Phyllonorycter klemannella
15.083 361 Phyllonorycter trifasciella
15.084 362 Phyllonorycter acerifoliella
15.085 363 Phyllonorycter joannisi
15.086 364 Phyllonorycter geniculella
15.087 365 Phyllonorycter comparella
15.088 366 Phyllonorycter sagitella
15.089 366a Cameraria ohridella
 Phyllocnistinae
15.090 367 Phyllocnistis saligna
15.092 368 Phyllocnistis unipunctella
   

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