Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella

Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. lysimachiaeella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella; (Chambers, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis lysimachiaeella Chambers, 1875;

Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kentucky, Maine and New York in the United States.[2]

The larvae feed on Lysimachia lanceolata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

References

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[1] Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)