Phyllonorycter linifoliella

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Phyllonorycter linifoliella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. linifoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter linifoliella
(Rungs, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Phyllonorycter uniformella(Rungs, 1942)

Phyllonorycter linifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Morocco. [1]

The larvae feed on Teline linifolia . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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