| Phyllonorycter aberrans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. aberrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter aberrans (Braun, 1930) |
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Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee).[1]
The larvae feed on Desmodium species, including Desmodium canescens and Desmodium paniculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a white blotch mine, with a loosened epidermis which is very thin and almost pure white, on the upperside of the leaf