Phyllonorycter populialbae

Phyllonorycter populialbae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Caucasus.

Phyllonorycter populialbae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. populialbae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter populialbae
(Kuznetzov, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis populialbae Kuznetzov, 1961

The larvae feed on Populus alba. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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