| Phyllonorycter suaveolentis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. suaveolentis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter suaveolentis (Petry, 1904)[1] |
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Phyllonorycter suaveolentis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in the mountains of Corsica.
The larvae feed on Alnus viridis suaveolens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small, oval, lower-surface tentiform mine between two side veins. There are several folds which are very similar. The frass is deposited in two bands at either side of the cocoon. [2]