Phyllonorycter memorabilis

Phyllonorycter memorabilis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.[1]

Phyllonorycter memorabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. memorabilis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter memorabilis
(Braun, 1939)

The larvae feed on Lathyrus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The loosened lower epidermis is white and so much wrinkled at maturity that the leaf is closely rolled over.

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