Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella

Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. pyrifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella
(Gerasimov, 1933)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis pyrifoliella Gerasimov, 1933
  • Lithocolletis pomiella Gerasimov, 1933

Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Spain and Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Malus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentifom mine.[2]

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