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Phyllonorycter parvifoliella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllonorycter

Scientific name
  
Phyllonorycter parvifoliella

Phyllonorycter parvifoliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from France and Portugal.

The larvae feed on Adenocarpus complicatus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine that causes the leaf to contract strongly upwards. Mined leaves are completely eaten out and become whitish. Pupation takes place within the mine.

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Phyllonorycter parvifoliella Wikipedia