Phyllonorycter parvifoliella
Phyllonorycter parvifoliella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. parvifoliella |
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Phyllonorycter parvifoliella (Ragonot, 1875)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter parvifoliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from France and Portugal.
The larvae feed on Adenocarpus complicatus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine that causes the leaf to contract strongly upwards. Mined leaves are completely eaten out and become whitish. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2]
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