Phyllonorycter messaniella (Zeller, 1846)
(Garden Midget)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhyllonorycter messaniella (Garden Midget)
GenusPhyllonorycter (midget micro-moths)
SubfamilyLITHOCOLLETINAE (midget micro-moths)
FamilyGRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Phyllonorycter messaniella (Garden Midget) :
1: Phyllonorycter messaniella (Garden Midget)
30 May 2010 OSGR: SZ07 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Old leaf-mines and pupal exuvia on Holm Oak leaves
Image 1: Blotch mine on top surface leaf - enlarged - black backgroundImage 2: Blotch mine on top surface leaf - enlarged - black background (2)Image 3: Blotch mine with protruding exuvia on under surface of leaf - enlarged - black backgroundImage 4: Protruding pupal exuvia - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 5: Protruding pupal exuvia - highly enlarged - black background (2)Image 6: Protruding pupal exuvia - highly enlarged - black background (3)

Phyllonorycter messaniella (Garden Midget) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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