Phyllonorycter spartocytisi
Species of moth
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Phyllonorycter spartocytisi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Spain and the Canary Islands.
| Phyllonorycter spartocytisi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. spartocytisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter spartocytisi (M. Hering, 1927)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Retama monosperma, Retama recutita and Cytisus filipes. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
