Phyllonorycter dentifera
| Phyllonorycter dentifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. dentifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter dentifera (Noreika in Noreika and Duplesis, 1992)
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Phyllonorycter dentifera is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Central Asia, southern Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
The larvae feed on Populus pruinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are found only the upperside of the leaf.[1]
References
- ^ "Biology and Systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the Palearctic Species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-10-27.