Phyllonorycter malicola

Phyllonorycter malicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. malicola
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter malicola
(Kuznetzov, 1979)

Phyllonorycter malicola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Russian Far East.[1]

The larvae feed on Malus mandshurica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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