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.

References

  1. ↑ Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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