Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Spain and Ukraine.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. pyrifoliella |
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Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella (Gerasimov, 1933)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Malus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentifom mine.[2]
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