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Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella

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Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. pyrifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella
(Gerasimov, 1933)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis pyrifoliella Gerasimov, 1933
  • Lithocolletis pomiella Gerasimov, 1933

Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Spain and Ukraine.

The larvae feed on Malus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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