Phyllonorycter fraxinella

Phyllonorycter fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany and Poland to Sicily and Greece and from France to southern Russia.

Phyllonorycter fraxinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. fraxinella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter fraxinella
(Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis fraxinella Zeller, 1846

The larvae feed on Genista germanica and Genista tinctoria. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2010-10-21.