Phyllonorycter populi
Species of moth
Phyllonorycter populi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. populi |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter populi (Filipjev, 1931)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Phyllonorycter populi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It was described by Ivan Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1937 and is known from southern Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The larvae feed on Populus alba and Populus nigra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Taxonomy
Phyllonorycter populi is a replacement name for Lithocolletis populiella.(Filipjev, 1926).
References
- ^ Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
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