Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi

Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. phyllocytisi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi
(M. Hering, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis phyllocytisi M. Hering, 1936

Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from France, Spain and Italy.

The larvae feed on Cytisus sessilifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower surface, brownish, tentiform mine that first causes the leaf to fold lengthwise, but in the end contracts the leaf to a shapeless knot. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2]

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