Phyllonorycter alni
| Phyllonorycter alni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. alni |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter alni (Walsingham, 1891)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter alni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known the United States (Colorado and Maine).[2]
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus species, including Alnus tenuifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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