Phyllonorycter propinquinella

Phyllonorycter propinquinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. propinquinella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter propinquinella
(Braun, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis propinquinella Braun, 1908

Phyllonorycter propinquinella, the cherry blotch miner moth, 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]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus serotina.

References

  1. ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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