Phyllonorycter iteina

Phyllonorycter pruinosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Bengal and Bombay in what is now India and Bangladesh.

Phyllonorycter iteina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. iteina
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter iteina
(Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis iteina Meyrick, 1918
  • Lithocolletis eophanes Meyrick, 1931
  • Phyllonorycter eophanes

The larvae feed on Salix species, including Salix tetrasperma. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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