Biology:Phyllonorycter albanotella

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter albanotella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. albanotella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter albanotella
(Chambers, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • (Frey & Boll, 1878) Chambers, 1875
  • Phyllonorycter albinotella Lithocolletis albanotella
  • (Meyrick, 1912) Phyllonorycter subaureola

Phyllonorycter albanotella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas , Maine, Vermont and Connecticut in the United States.[2][3]

Mine

The wingspan is 6–7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus nigra and Quercus obtusiloba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather small tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. It is located either at the edge of the leaf or between two veins, the loosened epidermis being thrown into numerous longitudinal wrinkles. The pupa is enclosed in a rather large semi-transparent oval silken cocoon.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7188862 entry