Phyllonorycter acanthus

Phyllonorycter acanthus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in scattered riparian habitats in otherwise generally arid, montane regions of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Jalisco and Michoacán in Mexico.

Phyllonorycter acanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. acanthus
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter acanthus
Davis & Deschka, 2001[1]

The length of the forewings is 2.7–3.6 mm. Adults are on wing in August in one generation.

The larvae mostly feed on Salix bonplandiana mining the leaves of their host plant.

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