Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are shining golden-ochreous; a short whitish median streak from base; a fascia at 1/4, another at 1/2, two posterior costal and three dorsal wedge-shaped spots shining whitish, anteriorly blackish-margined; some blackish scales in disc between spots and towards apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is green - whitish; dorsal line darker green; head pale greenish.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionKuznetsov V.I., 1990 Gracillariidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987Heath, J. & Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Cossidae – Heliodinidae. Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.UKmoths
The larvae feed on Lonicera alpigena, Lonicera × bella, Lonicera caerulea, Lonicera deflexicalyx, Lonicera flava, Lonicera gracilipes, Lonicera ledebourii, Lonicera maackii, Lonicera morrowii, Lonicera nigra, Lonicera orientalis, Lonicera periclymenum, Lonicera prostrata, Lonicera rupicola, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera webbiana, Lonicera xylosteum and Symphoricarpos albus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
External links lepiforum.de Craves, J.A. (2017) Native birds exploit leaf-mining moth larvae using a new North American host, non-native Lonicera maackii, Écoscience, 24:3-4, 81-90, DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2017.1367908