Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. argentifimbriella |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella (Clemens, 1859)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington in the United States.[2]
The wingspan is 6.5-7 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea and Quercus prinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside the leaf. The pupa is suspended in the mine in a thin web.
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