Phyllonorycter klimeschiella
Phyllonorycter klimeschiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Canary Islands.
| Phyllonorycter klimeschiella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. klimeschiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter klimeschiella (Deschka, 1970)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Arbutus canariensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a lower-surface epidermal corridor along the midrib. Later, it becomes a tentiform mine with one Y-shaped fold. The frass is mostly scattered throughout the mine, or sometimes deposited in a clump. The roof of the mine is completely eaten out. Pupation takes place within the mine in a cocoon covered with frass.[2]
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