Phyllonorycter spartocytisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Spain and the Canary Islands.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. spartocytisi
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter spartocytisi (M. Hering, 1927)[1]
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The larvae feed on Retama monosperma, Retama recutita and Cytisus filipes. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
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