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Phyllonorycter juncei

Phyllonorycter juncei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira.

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Phyllonorycter juncei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. juncei
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter juncei
(Walsingham, 1908)1
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis juncei Walsingham, 1908
  • Phyllonorycter madeirae Deschka, 1976

Phyllonorycter juncei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira.

The larvae feed on Genista tenera, Teline maderensis, Teline stenopetala and Spartium junceum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.2

Subspecies

    • Phyllonorycter juncei juncei (Canary Islands)
    • Phyllonorycter juncei madeirae Deschka, 1976 (Madeira)
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