Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella

Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. argentifimbriella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis argentifimbriella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter fuscocostella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Phyllonorycter longestriata (Frey & Boll, 1873)
  • Phyllonorycter longirostrata (Dyar, 1903)
  • Phyllonorycter longistriata (Ely, 1818)

Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (including Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington).[2]

The wingspan is 6.5-7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea and Quercus prinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside the leaf. The pupa is suspended in the mine in a thin web.

References

  1. ↑ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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