Phyllonorycter cytisus

Phyllonorycter cytisus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Sardinia.

Phyllonorycter cytisus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. cytisus
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter cytisus
(Amsel & Hartig, 1952)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis cytisus Amsel & Hartig, 1952

The larvae feed on Cytisus villosus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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