Phyllonorycter clemensella

Phyllonorycter clemensella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Maine, Connecticut and Michigan in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter clemensella
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P. clemensella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter clemensella
(Chambers, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis clemensella Chambers, 1871
  • Phyllonorycter clemensiella (Hagen, 1884)
  • Phyllonorycter demensella Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova, 2004

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer saccharinum. 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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