Phyllonorycter hagenii

Phyllonorycter hagenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. hagenii
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter hagenii
(Frey & Boll, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hagenii Frey & Boll, 1873
  • Phyllonorycter hageni (Chambers, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter hageni (Dyar, 1903)
  • Phyllonorycter necopinusella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter necospinusella (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Phyllonorycter necospinusella Dyar, 1903

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

The wingspan is 7.5-10 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 upperside the leaf. The pupa is suspended in a few silken threads.

References

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