Phyllonorycter connexella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to central Russia and Ukraine.
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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. connexella
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| Phyllonorycter connexella | |
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The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus x canadensis, P. nigra (including its cultivar, 'Italica'), Salix alba, Salix x fragilis, S. pentandra and S. purpurea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ W.N. Ellis (27 June 2022). "'Phyllonorycter connexella'". bladmineerders.nl – Plant Parasites of Europe. Amsterdam. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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