Phyllonorycter spartocytisi

Phyllonorycter spartocytisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Spain and the Canary Islands.

Phyllonorycter spartocytisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. spartocytisi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter spartocytisi
(M. Hering, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis spartocytisi M. Hering, 1927

The larvae feed on Retama monosperma, Retama recutita and Cytisus filipes. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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