Phyllonorycter quercialbella

Phyllonorycter quercialbella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and the eastern United States including Illinois, New York and Kentucky.[2]

Phyllonorycter quercialbella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. quercialbella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter quercialbella
(Fitch, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argyromiges quercialbella Fitch, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter quercibella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Phyllonorycter quercipulchella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter quercipulchrella (Riley, 1891)

The wingspan is about 7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus nigra and Quercus velutina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform 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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