Biology:Phyllonorycter quercialbella

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Short description: Species of moth

Phyllonorycter quercialbella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. quercialbella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter quercialbella
(Fitch, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • (Chambers, 1878) Fitch, 1859
  • (Riley, 1891) Phyllonorycter quercibella
  • Argyromiges quercialbella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Phyllonorycter quercipulchella Phyllonorycter quercipulchrella

Phyllonorycter quercialbella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and the eastern United States including Illinois, New York and Kentucky.[2]

The wingspan is about 7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus nigra and Quercus velutina. 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 ☰ Q7189223 entry