Phyllonorycter klimeschiella

Phyllonorycter klimeschiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. klimeschiella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter klimeschiella
(Deschka, 1970)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis klimeschiella Deschka, 1970

Phyllonorycter klimeschiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands.

The larvae feed on Arbutus canariensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a lower-surface epidermal corridor along the midrib. Later, it becomes a tentiform mine with one Y-shaped fold. The frass is mostly scattered throughout the mine, or sometimes deposited in a clump. The roof of the mine is completely eaten out. Pupation takes place within the mine in a cocoon covered with frass.[2]

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