Micrurapteryx kollariella

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| taxon = Micrurapteryx kollariella

| authority = (Zeller, 1839)[https://web.archive.org/web/20110204103006/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=359314 Fauna Europaea]

| synonyms =

  • Gracilaria kollariella Zeller, 1839

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Micrurapteryx kollariella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe, except the British Islands and Fennoscandia.

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The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus hirsutus, Cytisus scoparius, Cytisus sessilifolius, Genista germanica, Genista sericea, Genista tinctoria, Laburnum anagyroides, Lembotropis nigricans, Lupinus and Petteria ramentacea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/micrurapteryx/kollariella/kollariella.htm |title=bladmineerders.nl |access-date=2010-11-01 |archive-date=2012-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907051612/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/micrurapteryx/kollariella/kollariella.htm |url-status=dead }}

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