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Phyllonorycter fraxinella

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Phyllonorycter fraxinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. fraxinella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter fraxinella
(Zeller, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis fraxinella Zeller, 1846

Phyllonorycter fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany and Poland to Sicily and Greece and from France to southern Russia.

The larvae feed on Genista germanica and Genista tinctoria. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2010-10-21.