Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Phyllonorycter vueltas

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Phyllonorycter vueltas

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phyllonorycter

Rank
  
Species

Phyllonorycter vueltas is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula.

Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Genista florida and Genista cinerascens. They mine in the stem of their host plant.

References

Phyllonorycter vueltas Wikipedia