Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella

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

Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

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