Phyllonorycter spartocytisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Spain and the Canary Islands.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. spartocytisi |
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Phyllonorycter spartocytisi (M. Hering, 1927)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Retama monosperma, Retama recutita and Spartocytisus filipes. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small, upper-surface, tentiform mine. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2]
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