Phyllonorycter populi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It was described by Ivan Nikolayevich Filipjev in 1937 and is known from southern Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. populi
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| Phyllonorycter populi (Filipjev, 1931)[1]
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The larvae feed on Populus alba and Populus nigra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Taxonomy
editPhyllonorycter populi is a replacement name for Lithocolletis populiella.(Filipjev, 1926).
References
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