Phyllonorycter populi

Phyllonorycter populi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. populi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter populi
(Filipjev, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis populi Filipjev, 1931

Phyllonorycter populi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from southern Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The larvae feed on Populus alba and Populus nigra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

Phyllonorycter populi is a replacement name for Lithocolletis populiella (Filipjev, 1926).

References

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