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Phyllonorycter cocciferella

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Phyllonorycter cocciferella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. cocciferella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter cocciferella
(Mendes, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis cocciferella Mendes, 1910
  • Coriscium cocciferellum

Phyllonorycter cocciferella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from southern France and the Iberian Peninsula.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower-surface tentiform mine.[2]

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