Phyllonorycter adenocarpi
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| Species: | P. adenocarpi
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| Phyllonorycter adenocarpi (Staudinger, 1863)
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Phyllonorycter adenocarpi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula.
The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and August in two generations in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Adenocarpus hispanicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine. Pupation takes place inside the mine.
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