Phyllonorycter minutella

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

Phyllonorycter minutella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
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.

References
  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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