Phyllonorycter fragilella
| Phyllonorycter fragilella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. fragilella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter fragilella (Frey & Boll, 1878)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter fragilella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (Texas, Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and Wyoming).[2]
The wingspan is 8.5-9 mm.
The larvae feed on Lonicera species (including Lonicera sempervirens and Lonicera × bella Zabel 'albida'), Symphoricarpos species (including Symphoricarpos orbiculatus and Symphoricarpos vulgaris) and Chiococca alba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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