| Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. pyrifoliella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella (Gerasimov, 1933)[1] |
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Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from central and eastern Europe, Finland, Spain and Bulgaria.
The larvae feed on Malus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentifom mine.[2]