Phyllonorycter aeriferella

Phyllonorycter aeriferella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. aeriferella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aeriferella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis aeriferella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter ceriferella (Edwards, 1889)

Phyllonorycter aeriferella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Ontario and Québec) and the United States (Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, New York, Connecticut, Kentucky and Illinois).[2]

The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus falcata, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus imbricaria, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus nigra, Quercus prinus, Quercus tinctoria and Quercus velutina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The leaf is thrown into a fold before pupation and the cuticles are folded and corrugated. The pupa is contained in an oval cocoon, within the mine, made of frass and silk.

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