Phyllonorycter purgantella
| Phyllonorycter purgantella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. purgantella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter purgantella (Chretien, 1915)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter purgantella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from southern France and Spain.
The larvae feed on Cytisus purgans. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a lower surface tentiform mine.[2]
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