Biology:Phyllonorycter propinquinella
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. propinquinella
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| Phyllonorycter propinquinella (Braun, 1908)[1]
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Phyllonorycter propinquinella, the cherry blotch miner moth, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec and Nova Scotia) and the United States (Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Maryland, New York, Michigan, Vermont and Connecticut).[2]
The wingspan is 8–9 mm.
The larvae feed on Prunus serotina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7189206 entry
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