Phyllonorycter lapadiella
| Phyllonorycter lapadiella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. lapadiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter lapadiella (Krone, 1909)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter lapadiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Croatia, Serbia, Greece, France, Italy and Sicily.
Adults are on wing from April to September in two or more generations per year. Adults of the summer and autumn generations are distinctly smaller.
The larvae feed on Spartium junceum.[2] They mine the stem of their host plant.
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