Phyllonorycter ribefoliae

Phyllonorycter ribefoliae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Oregon in the United States.[1]

Phyllonorycter ribefoliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. ribefoliae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter ribefoliae
(Braun, 1939)

The larvae feed on Ribes species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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