Phyllonorycter chiclanella

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Phyllonorycter chiclanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. chiclanella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter chiclanella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis chiclanella Staudinger, 1859[1]

Phyllonorycter chiclanella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Spain, Portugal and Madeira.

The larvae feed on Populus alba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a mine that is identical to the mine of Phyllonorycter comparella.[2]

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