Phyllonorycter barbarella

Phyllonorycter barbarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. barbarella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter barbarella
(Rebel, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis barbarella Rebel, 1901
  • Phyllonorycter neli Buvat, 1996

Phyllonorycter barbarella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.

The larvae feed on Quercus faginea and Quercus pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine between two side veins. The mine can run over a vein or even the midrib.


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