Phyllonorycter nevadensis

Phyllonorycter nevadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. nevadensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter nevadensis
Walsingham, 1908[1]

Phyllonorycter nevadensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Spain.

The larvae feed on Adenocarpus decorticans. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2]

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