Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella

Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. ostryaefoliella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis ostryaefoliella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter mirifica (Frey & Boll, 1873)
  • Phyllonorycter ostryifoliella (Meyrick, 1912)

Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia, Ontario and Québec) and the United States (Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Kentucky, Maine and Vermont).[2]

The wingspan is 6–6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Ostrya species, including Ostrya virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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