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Phyllonorycter myricae

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter myricae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is native to Madeira and the Canary Islands. In 2000, it was studied in Hawaii as a potential biological control agent for Myrica faya. The larvae feed on Myrica faya. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a lower-surface tentiform corridor that occupies about half of the leaf; always positioned against the midrib, but usually not reaching the leaf margin. There is one strong fold. The frass is clumped in a corner of the mine.
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Prey / Diet

Morella faya (firetree)[1]

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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0