Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella

Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Kentucky, Maine and New York in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lysimachiaeella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella
(Chambers, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lysimachiaeella Chambers, 1875

The larvae feed on Lysimachia lanceolata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small 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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