Phyllonorycter fragilella

Phyllonorycter fragilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. fragilella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter fragilella
(Frey & Boll, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis fragilella Frey & Boll, 1878
  • Phyllonorycter trifasciella (Frey & Boll, 1873)

Phyllonorycter fragilella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec in Canada and Texas, Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and Wyoming in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 8.5-9 mm.

The larvae feed on Lonicera species (including Lonicera sempervirens and Lonicera × bella Zabel 'albida'), Symphoricarpos species (including Symphoricarpos orbiculatus and Symphoricarpos vulgaris) and Chiococca alba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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