Phyllonorycter minutella

Phyllonorycter minutella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Texas, United States.[2]

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

The larvae feed on Quercus rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.

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