Phyllonorycter diaphanella
| Phyllonorycter diaphanella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. diaphanella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter diaphanella (Frey & Boll, 1878)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter diaphanella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Texas and Ohio).[2]
The wingspan is about 6 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus bicolor and Quercus ilicifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf. The epidermis is wrinkled, so that the leaf is slightly bent.The parenchyma is entirely consumed, and the mine is transparent