Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella
| Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. pyrifoliella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella (Gerasimov, 1933)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter pyrifoliella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. 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. They create a lower-surface tentifom mine.[2]
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