Phyllonorycter dentifera

Phyllonorycter dentifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. dentifera
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter dentifera
(Noreika in Noreika and Duplesis, 1992)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis dentifera Noreika in Noreika and Duplesis, 1992

Phyllonorycter dentifera is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Central Asia, southern Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

The larvae feed on Populus pruinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are found only the upperside of the leaf.[1]

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