Phyllonorycter durangensis

Phyllonorycter durangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. durangensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter durangensis
Deschka, 1982

Phyllonorycter durangensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Mexico.[1]

The larvae feed on Alnus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very small gallery on the underside of the leaf.

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