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Gracillariidae

The cosmopolitan family Gracillariidae includes over 1600 species. The larvae of most species are leaf miners, at least in their early stages. The genus Phyllocnistis is included, though it was often considered a separate family in the past (Scoble 1992: 231).
Identification: Benander 1945a, Bradley et al. 1969, Brown 1947, Buszko 1981b, Emmet 1985, Emmet et al. 1985, Gozmány 1956, Gregor 1952, Jacobs 1945, Janmoulle 1962b, Kuznetzov 1990a, Lempke 1976a, Patzak 1986, Seksyaeva 1990b, Szöcs 1956.
Nomenclature according to Fauna Europaea, except for Caloptilia semifascia which is considered to be a synonym of Caloptilia onustella .
Species in Belgium: 99.
WV = West-Vlaanderen LI = Limburg NA = Namur
OV = Oost-Vlaanderen BR = Brabant LG = Liège
AN = Antwerpen HA = Hainaut LX = Luxembourg
= before 1980 = 1980 – 2004 = after 2004
Species WV OV AN LI BR HA NA LG LX
Acrocercops brongniardella (Fabricius, 1798)
= quercetella (Zeller, 1839)
Aspilapteryx limosella (Duponchel, 1843)





 
Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839)  
Callisto denticulella (Thunberg, 1794)
= guttea (Haworth, 1828)
= guttiferella (Duponchel, 1840)		  
Caloptilia alchimiella (Scopoli, 1763)
= franckella (Hübner, 1813)
= hilaripennella (Treitschke, 1833)
Caloptilia azaleella (Brants, 1913)        
Caloptilia betulicola (Hering, 1927)        
Caloptilia cuculipennella (Hübner, 1796)
= alaudella (Duponchel, 1840)		  
Caloptilia elongella (Linnaeus, 1761)
= signipennella (Hübner, 1796)
Caloptilia falconipennella (Hübner, 1813)     L    
Caloptilia fidella (Reutti, 1853)        
Caloptilia hemidactylella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)    
Caloptilia onustella (Hübner, 1813)
=semifascia (Haworth, 1828)		              
Caloptilia populetorum (Zeller, 1839)          
Caloptilia robustella Jäckh, 1972  
Caloptilia roscipennella (Hübner, 1796)        
Caloptilia rufipennella (Hübner, 1796)      
Caloptilia stigmatella (Fabricius, 1781)
= upupaepennella (Hübner, 1796)
Calybites phasianipennella (Hübner, 1813)        
Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic, 1986
Dialectica imperialella (Zeller, 1847)    
Euspilapteryx auroguttella (Stephens, 1835)
= lacertella (Zeller, 1839)
Gracillaria syringella (Fabricius, 1794)
Leucospilapteryx omissella (Stainton, 1848)          
Macrosaccus robiniella (Clemens, 1859)    
Micrurapteryx kollariella (Zeller, 1839)  
Parectopa ononidis (Zeller, 1839)     L  
Parornix anglicella (Stainton, 1850)
Parornix betulae (Stainton, 1854)    
Parornix carpinella (Frey, 1863)          
Parornix devoniella (Stainton, 1850)
= avellanella (Stainton, 1854)
Parornix fagivora (Frey, 1863)      
Parornix finitimella (Zeller, 1850)      
Parornix scoticella (Stainton, 1850)      
Parornix torquillella (Zeller, 1850)    
Phyllocnistis labyrinthella (Bjerkander, 1790)                
Phyllocnistis saligna (Zeller, 1839)
Phyllocnistis unipunctella (Stephens, 1834)
= suffusella (Zeller, 1847)
Phyllocnistis xenia M. Hering, 1936
= labyrinthella sensu auct., nec (Bjerkander, 1790)		      
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella (Zeller, 1839)
= sylvella (Haworth, 1828), nec (Hübner, 1813)
Phyllonorycter anderidae (Fletcher, 1885)              
Phyllonorycter apparella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)              
Phyllonorycter blancardella (Fabricius, 1781)
= concomitella (Bankes, 1899)		      
Phyllonorycter cavella (Zeller, 1846)          
Phyllonorycter cerasicolella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)  

Phyllonorycter cerasinella (Reutti, 1852)                
Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel, 1843)      
Phyllonorycter coryli (Nicelli, 1851)
= corylella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Phyllonorycter corylifoliella (Hübner, 1796)
= betulae (Zeller, 1839)
Phyllonorycter cydoniella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)            
Phyllonorycter distentella (Zeller, 1846)         L    
Phyllonorycter dubitella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)      
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella (Bouché, 1834)  
Phyllonorycter esperella (Goeze, 1783)
= quinnata (Fourcroy, 1785)
= carpinicolella (Stainton, 1851)
Phyllonorycter froelichiella (Zeller, 1839)      
Phyllonorycter geniculella (Ragonot, 1874)
= acernella sensu auct., nec (Duponchel, 1843)
Phyllonorycter harrisella (Linnaeus, 1761)
= cramerella (Fabricius, 1775)		  
Phyllonorycter heegeriella (Zeller, 1846)      
Phyllonorycter hilarella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
= spinolella (Duponchel, 1840)		            
Phyllonorycter insignitella (Zeller, 1846)              
Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata 1963)      
 
   
Phyllonorycter joannisi  (Le Marchand, 1936)
= platanoidella (de Joannis, 1920)
Phyllonorycter junoniella (Zeller, 1846)
= vacciniella (Stainton, 1855)		              
Phyllonorycter klemannella (Fabricius, 1781)
= kleemannella sensu auct.		  
Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella (Zeller, 1839)
= hortella (Fabricius, 1794), nr. 174, nec nr. 32
= saportella (Duponchel, 1840)		      
Phyllonorycter lantanella (Schrank, 1802)  
Phyllonorycter lautella (Zeller, 1846)
Phyllonorycter leucographella (Zeller, 1850)
Phyllonorycter maestingella (Müller, 1764)
= faginella (Zeller, 1846)
Phyllonorycter medicaginella (Gerasimov, 1930)
Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner, 1805)
= pomifoliella (Zeller, 1839)
= torminella (Frey, 1856)		         L L  
Phyllonorycter messaniella (Zeller, 1846)
     
Phyllonorycter muelleriella (Zeller, 1839)
= amyotella (Duponchel, 1840)		  
Phyllonorycter nicellii (Stainton, 1851)
Phyllonorycter nigrescentella (Logan, 1851)
= bremiella (Frey, 1855)		                
Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae (Frey, 1856)
Phyllonorycter pastorella (Zeller, 1846)        
Phyllonorycter platani (Staudinger, 1870)
Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Treitschke, 1833)    

Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Zeller, 1839)
Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella (Stainton, 1851)            
Phyllonorycter rajella (Linnaeus, 1758)
= alnifoliella (Hübner, 1796)
= alniella (Zeller, 1846)
Phyllonorycter roboris (Zeller, 1839)    
Phyllonorycter sagitella (Bjerkander, 1790)
= tremulae (Zeller, 1846)
Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Sircom, 1848)
Phyllonorycter salictella (Zeller, 1846)
= viminiella (Sircom, 1848)		  
Phyllonorycter schreberella (Fabricius, 1781)  
Phyllonorycter scopariella (Zeller, 1846)              
Phyllonorycter sorbi (Frey, 1855)
= sorbifoliella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Phyllonorycter spinicolella (Zeller, 1846)
= pruniella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
= pomonella sensu sensu auct., nec (Zeller, 1846)
Phyllonorycter stettinensis (Nicelli, 1852)
Phyllonorycter strigulatella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)

Phyllonorycter tenerella (de Joannis, 1915)
= tenella (Zeller, 1846), nec (Duponchel, 1843)
Phyllonorycter trifasciella (Haworth, 1828)
= heydenii (Zeller, 1846)
Phyllonorycter tristrigella (Haworth, 1828)
  
Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella (Hübner, 1817)
Phyllonorycter viminetorum (Stainton, 1854)            
Povolnya leucapennella (Stephens, 1835)
= sulphurella (Haworth, 1828), nec (Fabricius, 1775)
= citrinellum (Zeller, 1839)		                
Spulerina simploniella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1844)                
Comments to Willy De Prins or Chris Steeman
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