Phyllonorycter aceripestis

Phyllonorycter aceripestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. aceripestis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aceripestis
(Kuznetzov, 1978)

Phyllonorycter aceripestis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.[1]

The larvae feed on Acer regeli and Acer turkestanicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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