Phyllonorycter cocciferella
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. cocciferella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter cocciferella (Mendes, 1910)[1]
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Phyllonorycter cocciferella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from southern France and the Iberian Peninsula.
The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine.[2]
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