Phyllonorycter fruticosella

Phyllonorycter fruticosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Russian Far East and the central Asian part of Russia.[1]

Phyllonorycter fruticosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. fruticosella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter fruticosella
(Kuznetzov, 1979)

The larvae feed on Alnus viridis fruticosa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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