Phyllonorycter olivaeformis
| Phyllonorycter olivaeformis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. olivaeformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter olivaeformis (Braun, 1908)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter olivaeformis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (including Maine, New York and Ohio).[2]
The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis'. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an underside tentiform mine. Pupation takes place inside a black, frass-covered ovate cocoon