Phyllonorycter bataviella

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

Phyllonorycter bataviella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the United States (Cincinnati, Illinois, Ohio, Maine and Michigan).[2]

The wingspan is 7-7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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