Phyllonorycter alnicolella
Phyllonorycter alnicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known California and Maine in the United States[2] and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.[3]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. alnicolella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter alnicolella (Walsingham, 1889)[1] | |
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The wingspan is about 6 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.
References
- Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. ISSN 1312-0174. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.
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