Phyllonorycter suaveolentis

Phyllonorycter suaveolentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. suaveolentis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter suaveolentis
(Petry, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis suaveolentis Petry, 1904

Phyllonorycter suaveolentis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in the mountains of Corsica.

The larvae feed on Alnus viridis suaveolens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small, oval, lower-surface tentiform mine between two side veins. There are several folds which are very similar. The frass is deposited in two bands at either side of the cocoon.[2]

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