Phyllonorycter diaphanella
Phyllonorycter diaphanella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Texas and Ohio in the United States.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. diaphanella |
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| Phyllonorycter diaphanella (Frey & Boll, 1878)[1] | |
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The wingspan is about 6 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus bicolor and Quercus ilicifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf. The epidermis is wrinkled, so that the leaf is slightly bent. The parenchyma is entirely consumed, and the mine is transparent
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