Phyllonorycter etnensis

Phyllonorycter etnensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. etnensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter etnensis
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2006[1]

Phyllonorycter etnensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sicily.

The larvae feed on Genista aetnensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant or bore the stems.[2]

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