Phyllonorycter chiclanella

Phyllonorycter chiclanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. chiclanella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter chiclanella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis chiclanella Staudinger, 1859[1]

Phyllonorycter chiclanella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Spain, Portugal and Madeira.

Mine of the identical Phyllonorycter comparella

The larvae feed on Populus alba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a mine that is identical to the mine of Phyllonorycter comparella.[2]

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