Phyllonorycter rebimbasi

Phyllonorycter rebimbasi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from southern France and the Iberian Peninsula.

Phyllonorycter rebimbasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. rebimbasi
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter rebimbasi
(Mendes, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis rebimbasi Mendes, 1910
  • Lithocolletis glaserorum Deschka, 1969

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a large lower-surface tentiform mine. Pupation takes place in a frass-covered cocoon within the mine.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2010-10-22.


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