Phyllonorycter propinquinella

The cherry blotch miner moth (Phyllonorycter propinquinella) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec and Nova Scotia) and the United States (Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Maryland, New York, Michigan, Vermont and Connecticut).[2]

Phyllonorycter propinquinella
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P. propinquinella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter propinquinella
(Braun, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis propinquinella Braun, 1908

The wingspan is 8–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus serotina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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