Phyllonorycter trinotella

Phyllonorycter trinotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. trinotella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter trinotella
(Braun, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis trinotella Braun, 1908

Phyllonorycter trinotella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec and the United States (New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, Vermont and Michigan).[2]

The wingspan is about 5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer platanoides, Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform, much wrinkled mine on the underside of the leaf.

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