Phyllonorycter gerfriedi

Phyllonorycter gerfriedi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. gerfriedi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter gerfriedi
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2007[1]

Phyllonorycter gerfriedi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Crete.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine.[2]

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