Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae
Phyllonorycter cytisifoliae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Canary Islands.
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The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus proliferus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small, upper-surface, tentifom mine. The mine is only a little folded and hardly contacts the leaflet. Pupation takes place inside the mine.[2]
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