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.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. populi
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter populi (Filipjev, 1931)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on Populus alba and Populus nigra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Taxonomy
editPhyllonorycter populi is a replacement name for Lithocolletis populiella.(Filipjev, 1926).
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