Phyllonorycter alnicolella

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

Phyllonorycter alnicolella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known California and Maine in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is about 6 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

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