Phyllonorycter ribefoliae

Phyllonorycter ribefoliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. ribefoliae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter ribefoliae
(Braun, 1939)

Phyllonorycter ribefoliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from California and Oregon in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Ribes species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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