Phyllonorycter macrantherella

Phyllonorycter macrantherella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Armenia, Georgia, Daghestan, Turkey and Ukraine.[1]

Phyllonorycter macrantherella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. macrantherella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter macrantherella
(Kuznetzov, 1961)

The larvae feed on Quercus macranthera. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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