Phyllonorycter dentifera

Phyllonorycter dentifera is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Central Asia, southern Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Phyllonorycter dentifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. dentifera
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter dentifera
(Noreika in Noreika and Duplesis, 1992)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis dentifera Noreika in Noreika and Duplesis, 1992

The larvae feed on Populus pruinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are found only the upperside of the leaf.[1]

References
  1. Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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