Phyllonorycter endryella

Phyllonorycter endryella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. endryella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter endryella
(Mann, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis endryella Mann, 1855

Phyllonorycter endryella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Corsica, Sardinia and Maghreb.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera, Quercus ilex and Quercus suber. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large, lower-surface tentiform mine. The mine causes the leaf margin to fold.[2]

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