| Phyllonorycter acanthus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. acanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter acanthus Davis & Deschka, 2001[1] |
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Phyllonorycter acanthus is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in scattered riparian habitats in otherwise generally arid, montane regions of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Jalisco and Michoacan in Mexico.
The length of the forewings is 2.7-3.6 mm. Adults are on wing in August in one generation.
The larvae mostly feed on Salix bonplandiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
The specific name is derived from the Greek acanthus (thorny) in reference to the short, apomorphic spine cluster on the male valva.