Phyllonorycter cretaceella

Phyllonorycter cretaceella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. cretaceella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter cretaceella
(Braun, 1925)

Phyllonorycter cretaceella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Arizona).[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus hypoleuca and Quercus hypoleucoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a yellowish and brownish blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. There is a single wrinkle in the epidermis

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