Phyllonorycter adenocarpi

Phyllonorycter adenocarpi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. adenocarpi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter adenocarpi
(Staudinger, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis adenocarpi Staudinger, 1863

Phyllonorycter adenocarpi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Adenocarpus hispanicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine. Pupation takes place inside the mine.

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