Biology:Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi
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Short description: Species of moth
| Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. phyllocytisi
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| Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi (M. Hering, 1936)[1]
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Phyllonorycter phyllocytisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known to be from France , Spain and Italy.
The larvae feed on Cytisus sessilifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower surface, brownish, tentiform mine that first causes the leaf to fold lengthwise, but in the end contracts the leaf to a shapeless knot. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7189199 entry
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