Phyllonorycter lapadiella

Phyllonorycter lapadiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. lapadiella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter lapadiella; (Krone, 1909)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis lapadiella Krone, 1909; Lithocolletis dalmatinella Amsel, 1951; Phyllonorycter picardi Buvat, 1995;

Phyllonorycter lapadiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Croatia, Serbia, Greece, France, Italy and Sicily.

Adults are on wing from April to September in two or more generations per year. Adults of the summer and autumn generations are distinctly smaller.

The larvae feed on Spartium junceum.^[2] They mine the stem of their host plant.

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