Common Thorn Midget

Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae

Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae found in all of Europe except the Balkan Peninsula. It was described by the German-born Swiss entomologist, Heinrich Frey in 1856. The larvae are known as leaf miners, living inside the leaves of their food plants.

Distribution

Common Thorn Midget — (c) Susan Marley, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Susan Marley · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 246Belgium · 19Germany · 11Netherlands · 6France · 4

Sources and credits

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Common Thorn Midget

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