Phyllonorycter mirbeckifoliae

Phyllonorycter mirbeckifoliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. mirbeckifoliae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter mirbeckifoliae
(Deschka, 1974)

Phyllonorycter mirbeckifoliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tunisia.[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus mirbeckii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the underside of the leaf.

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