Biology:Phyllonorycter aberrans

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Phyllonorycter aberrans
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Insecta
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Gracillariidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Phyllonorycter
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Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aberrans
(Braun, 1930) [1]

Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee in the United States.[2]

The larvae feed on Desmodium species, including Desmodium canescens and Desmodium paniculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a white blotch mine, with a loosened epidermis which is very thin and almost pure white, on the upperside of the leaf

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7188842 entry