Phyllonorycter alnicolella

Phyllonorycter alnicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known California and Maine in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter alnicolella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. alnicolella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter alnicolella
(Walsingham, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis alnicolella Walsingham, 1889

The wingspan is about 6 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside 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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