Phyllonorycter auronitens
| Phyllonorycter auronitens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. auronitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter auronitens (Frey & Boll, 1873)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter auronitens is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (including Massachusetts, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Vermont and Connecticut).[2]
The wingspan is 6.5-8.2 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus species, including Alnus incana, Alnus rubra and Alnus rugosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The mine is roundish and the loosened epidermis is much wrinkled, resulting in the leaf being rather arched at this place.