Phyllonorycter iranica
Appearance
Phyllonorycter iranica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. iranica
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter iranica Deschka, 1979
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Phyllonorycter iranica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Iran.[1]
The length of the forewings is about 4 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Malus domestica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very small mine on the underside of the leaf.
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