Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi

Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known to be from France, Spain and Italy.

Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. phyllocytisi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi
(M. Hering, 1936)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis phyllocytisi M. Hering, 1936

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]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. bladmineerders.nl


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