Phyllonorycter fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Germany and Poland to Sicily and Greece and from France to southern Russia.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. fraxinella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter fraxinella | |
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The larvae feed on Genista germanica and Genista tinctoria. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2010-10-21.