Phyllonorycter ribefoliae
Phyllonorycter ribefoliae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. ribefoliae |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter ribefoliae (Braun, 1939) | |
Phyllonorycter ribefoliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from California and Oregon in the United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Ribes species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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