Phyllonorycter deceptusella

Phyllonorycter deceptusella is a moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known Kentucky and Maine in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter deceptusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. deceptusella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter deceptusella
(Chambers, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis deceptusella Chambers, 1879
  • Phyllonorycter deceptella (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Phyllonorycter deceptisella (Hagen, 1884)

The wingspan is about 6 mm.

The larvae feed on Crataegus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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


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