Phyllonorycter adenocarpi

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Phyllonorycter adenocarpi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. adenocarpi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter adenocarpi
(Staudinger, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis adenocarpiStaudinger, 1863

Phyllonorycter adenocarpi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.

The larvae feed on Adenocarpus hispanicus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.