Phyllonorycter genistella

Phyllonorycter genistella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula.

Phyllonorycter genistella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. genistella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter genistella
(Rebel, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis genistella Rebel, 1900

The larvae feed on Genista florida. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. bladmineerders.nl


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