Phyllonorycter genistella

Phyllonorycter genistella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. genistella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter genistella
(Rebel, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis genistella Rebel, 1900

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

The larvae feed on Genista florida. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine.[2]

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