Phyllonorycter argentinotella
| Phyllonorycter argentinotella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. argentinotella |
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| Phyllonorycter argentinotella (Clemens, 1859)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter argentinotella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts).[2]
The wingspan is 6.5-8 mm.
The larvae feed on Ulmus species, including Ulmus americana, Ulmus fulva and Ulmus rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The pupa is formed within a transparent silken web, occupying half the mine.
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