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Phyllonorycter populi

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Phyllonorycter populi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. populi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter populi
(Filipjev, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis populi Filipjev, 1931

Phyllonorycter populi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It was described by Ivan Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1937 and is known from southern Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The larvae feed on Populus alba and Populus nigra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

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Phyllonorycter populi is a replacement name for Lithocolletis populiella.(Filipjev, 1926).

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