Phyllonorycter inusitatella

Phyllonorycter inusitatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. inusitatella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter inusitatella
(Braun, 1925)

Phyllonorycter inusitatella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from California, United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus agrifolia and Quercus wislizeni. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf, with two or three widely separated wrinkles at maturity. The mine causes the leaf to bend a little.

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