Phyllonorycter diaphanella

Phyllonorycter diaphanella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Texas and Ohio in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter diaphanella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. diaphanella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter diaphanella
(Frey & Boll, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis diaphanella Frey & Boll, 1878

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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