Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae
Appearance
Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. cytisifoliae
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae (Hering, 1927)
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Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.[1][2] It is endemic to the Canary Islands and is known from Gran Canaria, La Palma, and Tenerife.[2]
Ecology
[edit]The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus palmensis[2] and Chamaecytisus proliferus.[2][3] They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae (M. Hering, 1927)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d De Prins, Jurate; De Prins, Willy; De Coninck, Eliane; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Milton, Megan A. & Hebert, Paul D.N. (2013). "Taxonomic history and invasion biology of two Phyllonorycter leaf miners (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with links to taxonomic and molecular datasets". Zootaxa. 3709 (4): 341–362. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.3.
- ^ a b Ellis, Willem N. "Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae (Hering, 1927)". Leafminers and plant galls of Europe. Retrieved 2 February 2021.