Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella
| Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. lysimachiaeella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella (Chambers, 1875)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Kentucky, Maine and New York).[2]
The larvae feed on Lysimachia lanceolata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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