Phyllonorycter linifoliella

Phyllonorycter linifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Morocco.[1]

Phyllonorycter linifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. linifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter linifoliella
(Rungs, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Phyllonorycter uniformella (Rungs, 1942)

The larvae feed on Teline linifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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