Phyllonorycter aberrans
Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee in the United States.[2]
| Phyllonorycter aberrans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. aberrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter aberrans | |
The larvae feed on Desmodium species, including Desmodium canescens and Desmodium paniculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a white blotch mine, with a loosened epidermis which is very thin and almost pure white, on the upperside of the leaf
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phyllonorycter aberrans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
External links
- Braun, Annette (March 1930). "Notes and New Species of Microlepidoptera from the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County, Ohio". Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Volume 56, Number 1. American Entomological Society. pp. 1–17.
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