Phyllonorycter tangerensis

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

Phyllonorycter tangerensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. tangerensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter tangerensis
(Stainton, 1872)

The larvae feed on Coronilla species and Teline linifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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