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Phyllonorycter extincta

Phyllonorycter extincta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tunisia.

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Phyllonorycter extincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. extincta
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter extincta
(Deschka, 1974)

Phyllonorycter extincta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tunisia.1

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera and Quercus suber. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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