Phyllocnistis canariensis
Phyllocnistis canariensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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| Species: | P. canariensis |
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| Phyllocnistis canariensis M. Hering, 1927[1] | |
The larvae feed on Salix canariensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a very long gallery in the epidermis of a branch, eventually ascending along the petiole and ending in an upper-surface pupal chamber between the midrib and the leaf margin.[2]
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