Firethorn Leaf Miner

Phyllonorycter leucographella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae

The firethorn leaf miner (Phyllonorycter leucographella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is native to southern Europe (Mediterranean regions of France, Spain, Greece, Albania, Russia (Crimea), Turkey, and the southern part of former Yugoslavia where its principal host plant is native) and was probably introduced accidentally into several countries in western Europe on transported plant material. It has now been recorded as far north as Finland and east to Hungary.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Firethorn Leaf Miner

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