Phyllonorycter suberifoliella

Phyllonorycter suberifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from southern France and the Iberian Peninsula to Greece.

Phyllonorycter suberifoliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. suberifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter suberifoliella
(Zeller, 1850)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis suberifoliella Zeller, 1850

There are at least two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus ilex and Quercus suber. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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