Phyllonorycter cretaceella
Phyllonorycter cretaceella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. cretaceella |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter cretaceella (Braun, 1925) | |
Phyllonorycter cretaceella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Arizona, United States.[1]
The larvae feed on Quercus hypoleuca and Quercus hypoleucoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a yellowish and brownish blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. There is a single wrinkle in the epidermis.
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