Phyllonorycter iteina

Phyllonorycter iteina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. iteina
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter iteina
(Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis iteina Meyrick, 1918
  • Lithocolletis eophanes Meyrick, 1931
  • Phyllonorycter eophanes

Phyllonorycter pruinosella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Bengal and Bombay.

The larvae feed on Salix species, including Salix tetrasperma. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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