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Phyllonorycter durangensis

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter durangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. durangensis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter durangensis
Deschka, 1982

Phyllonorycter durangensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Mexico.

The larvae feed on Alnus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very small gallery on the underside of the leaf.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter durangensis


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