Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella

Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. argentifimbriella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis argentifimbriella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter fuscocostella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Phyllonorycter longestriata (Frey & Boll, 1873)
  • Phyllonorycter longirostrata (Dyar, 1903)
  • Phyllonorycter longistriata (Ely, 1818)

The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea and Quercus prinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside the leaf. The pupa is suspended in the mine in a thin web.

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


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