Phyllonorycter retamella

Phyllonorycter retamella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. retamella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter retamella
(Chretien, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis retamella Chretien, 1915

Phyllonorycter retamella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sicily and Tunisia.

Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June. There are two or more generations per year.

The larvae feed on Retama raetam.[2] They mine the stem of their host plant.

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