Phyllonorycter juncei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. juncei
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter juncei (Walsingham, 1908)[1]
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The larvae feed on Genista tenera, Teline maderensis, Teline stenopetala and Spartium junceum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Phyllonorycter juncei juncei (Canary Islands)
- Phyllonorycter juncei madeirae Deschka, 1976 (Madeira)
References
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