Phyllonorycter gerasimowi

Phyllonorycter gerasimowi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hungary, Thrace, southern and central Russia and Ukraine.

Phyllonorycter gerasimowi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. gerasimowi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter gerasimowi
(M. Hering, 1930)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis gerasimowi M. Hering, 1930
  • Phyllonorycter gerasimovi

The larvae feed on Malus domestica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create an upper-surface tentiform mine.[2]

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