Phyllonorycter kusdasi

Phyllonorycter kusdasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. kusdasi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter kusdasi
Deschka, 1970[1]

Phyllonorycter kusdasi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean region from Spain to Turkey.

There are several generations per year.

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

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