''Phyllonorycter myricae'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is native to
Madeira
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, song_type = Regional anthem
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and the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
. In 2000, it was studied in
Hawaii as a potential biological control agent for ''Myrica faya''.
The larvae feed on ''
Myrica faya''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant.
External links
Forest Pest Biological Control Program In Hawai'i
myricae
Moths of Africa
Moths described in 1976
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