Phyllonorycter quercialbella
| Phyllonorycter quercialbella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. quercialbella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter quercialbella (Fitch, 1859)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter quercialbella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the eastern United States (including Illinois, New York and Kentucky).[2]
The wingspan is about 7 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus nigra and Quercus velutina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.