Phyllonorycter alpina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany to Italy and from France to Ukraine.

Phyllonorycter alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. alpina
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter alpina
(Frey, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis alpina Frey, 1856
  • Lithocolletis hauderiella Rebel, 1913

The larvae feed on Alnus viridis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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