Phyllonorycter brunnea

Phyllonorycter brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. brunnea
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter brunnea
Deschka, 1975

Phyllonorycter brunnea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the island of Rhodes in Greece.

The length of the forewings is about 3.1 mm.

The larvae feed on Ulmus species, probably Ulmus glabra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is made on the underside of the leaf between two veins and running alongside the midrib. Pupation takes place in a cocoon.


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