Phyllonorycter laurocerasi

Phyllonorycter laurocerasi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Georgia and Russia.

Phyllonorycter laurocerasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. laurocerasi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter laurocerasi
(Kuznetzov, 1979)[1]

The larvae feed on Prunus laurocerasus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine.[2]

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. bladmineerders.nl


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