Phyllonorycter cytisella

Phyllonorycter cytisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. cytisella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter cytisella
(Rebel, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis cytisella Rebel, 1896

Phyllonorycter cytisella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands.

The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus proliferus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine, with deep folds. The mine strongly contracts the leaflet. Pupation takes place inside the mine.[2]

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