Phyllocnistis vitegenella
Phyllocnistis vitegenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is native to North America, but has been recorded from northern Italy in 1994, Slovenia in 2004 and Switzerland in 2009.
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The larvae feed on American native species of Vitis and it has become a pest of the cultivated Vitis vinifera. They mine the leaves of their host plants. The mine consists of a long, slender, wavy, upper-surface corridor with a broad, dark, cloudy frass line. There are often several mines in a single leaf. Pupation takes place within the mine in the somewhat widened terminal section of the corridor.[2]
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