Biology:Phyllonorycter trinotella
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Short description: Species of moth
Phyllonorycter trinotella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. trinotella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter trinotella (Braun, 1908)[1]
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Phyllonorycter trinotella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, Vermont and Michigan in the United States.[2]
The wingspan is about 5 mm.
The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer platanoides, Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform, much wrinkled mine on the underside of the leaf.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7189294 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllonorycter trinotella.
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