Phyllocnistis Zeller, 1848
(a genus of bent-wing micro-moths)

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Phyllocnistis xenia
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhyllocnistis (a genus of bent-wing micro-moths)
SubfamilyPHYLLOCNISTINAE (a subfamily of bent-wing micro-moths)
FamilyGRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

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Parasites

Sundby, R. 1957 The parasites of Phyllocnistis labyrinthella Bjerk. and their relation to the population dynamics of the leaf-miner Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. Suppl II.

Phyllocnistis (a genus of bent-wing micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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