Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella

Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllocnistis
Species: P. liquidambarisella
Binomial name
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella
(Chambers, 1875)[1]

Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from the United States (New York, Maryland, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, Florida).[1] The hostplant for the species is Liquidambar styraciflua. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, winding, linear mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is rather indistinct, without any central line of frass.

References

  1. 1 2 Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella Chambers, 1875 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).

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