Phyllonorycter scitulella

Phyllonorycter scitulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. scitulella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter scitulella
(Duponchel, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis scitulella Duponchel, 1843

Phyllonorycter scitulella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from the Czech Republic to Portugal, Italy and Greece and from France to Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower surface, tentiform mine, with one strong fold in the lower epidermis. Pupation takes place within the mine in a cocoon that is almost entirely covered with frass.[2]

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