Phyllonorycter tauricus

Phyllonorycter tauricus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Turkey.[1]

Phyllonorycter tauricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. tauricus
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter tauricus
Deschka, 2013

The larvae feed on Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. "Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)". www.gracillariidae.net. Retrieved 11 November 2018.


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