Phyllonorycter aceriphaga

Phyllonorycter aceriphaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. aceriphaga
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aceriphaga
(Kuznetzov, 1975)

Phyllonorycter aceriphaga is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.[1]

The larvae feed on Acer turkestanicum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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