Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. pyrifoliella |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella (Gerasimov, 1933) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Spain and Ukraine.
The larvae feed on Malus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]