Protolithocolletis lathyri

Protolithocolletis lathyri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Michigan in the United States and Manitoba in Canada.[1]

Protolithocolletis lathyri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Protolithocolletis
Species:
P. lathyri
Binomial name
Protolithocolletis lathyri
Braun, 1929

The larvae feed on Lathyrus venosus and Lathyrus japonicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is tentiform partially folding the leaflet.[2]

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. microleps.org


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