Phyllonorycter manzanita

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

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

The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos glauca and Arctostaphylos manzanita. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a grayish blotch mine, with the upper epidermis loosened and elevated, but at no stage wrinkled. This leads to a somewhat inflated mine in which most of the parenchyma is consumed.

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