Phyllonorycter caryaealbella

Phyllonorycter caryaealbella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. caryaealbella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter caryaealbella
(Chambers, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis caryaealbella Chambers, 1871
  • Phyllonorycter caryalbella (Walsingham, 1891)

Phyllonorycter caryaealbella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Georgia, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Florida in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is about 5 mm.

The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis and Carya ovata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The parenchyma is eaten off of the upper cuticle in a ring, leaving a green spot in the centre, which is then eaten off. The pupa is contained in an oval cocoon made of frass.

References

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