Phyllonorycter mariaeella

Phyllonorycter mariaeella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. mariaeella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter mariaeella
(Chambers, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis mariaeella Chambers, 1875
  • Phyllonorycter mariaella Maier & Davis, 1989
  • Phyllonorycter mariella (Riley, 1891)

Phyllonorycter mariaeella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Québec and Ontario) and the United States (Missouri and Michigan).[2]

The wingspan is 8-8.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Symphoricarpos species, including Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos and Symphoricarpos vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf. Pupation takes place within an ovoid white silken cocoon.

References

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

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