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Phyllonorycter pyrispinosae

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Phyllonorycter pyrispinosae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. pyrispinosae
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter pyrispinosae
Deschka, 1986

Phyllonorycter pyrispinosae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Turkey.[1]

The length of the forewings is about 3.8 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Pyrus spinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is found on the underside of the leaf. It is oval in shape.

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