Phyllonorycter olivaeformis

Phyllonorycter olivaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. olivaeformis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter olivaeformis
(Braun, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis olivaeformis Braun, 1908
  • Phyllonorycter oliviformis (Meyrick, 1912)

Phyllonorycter olivaeformis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Maine, New York and Ohio in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an underside tentiform mine. Pupation takes place inside a black, frass-covered ovate cocoon

References

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

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