Phyllonorycter spartocytisi

Phyllonorycter spartocytisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Spain and the Canary Islands.

Phyllonorycter spartocytisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. spartocytisi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter spartocytisi
(M. Hering, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis spartocytisi M. Hering, 1927

The larvae feed on Retama monosperma, Retama recutita and Spartocytisus filipes. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small, upper-surface, tentiform mine. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. bladmineerders.nl


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