Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi
| Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. phyllocytisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi (M. Hering, 1936)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from France, Spain and Italy.
The larvae feed on Cytisus sessilifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower surface, brownish, tentiform mine that first causes the leaf to fold lengthwise, but in the end contracts the leaf to a shapeless knot. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2]
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