Phyllonorycter genistella
| Phyllonorycter genistella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. genistella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter genistella (Rebel, 1900)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter genistella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula.
The larvae feed on Genista florida. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine.[2]
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