Phyllonorycter symphoricarpaeella
| Phyllonorycter symphoricarpaeella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. symphoricarpaeella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter symphoricarpaeella (Chambers, 1875)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter symphoricarpaeella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (including Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, California and Maine).[2]
The wingspan is 5.5-6 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 very small tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The mine is placed between two veins, and when mature is much wrinkled. Just before pupation, one half of the mine is lined with silk, and partitioned off, thus forming an ovoid silken chamber in which the pupa is formed. When the imago emerges the pupa case is thrust through the upper epidermis.