Phyllonorycter propinquinella
| Phyllonorycter propinquinella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. propinquinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter propinquinella (Braun, 1908)[1] | |
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The cherry blotch miner moth (Phyllonorycter propinquinella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Québec and Nova Scotia) and the United States (Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Maryland, New York, Michigan, Vermont and Connecticut).[2]
The wingspan is 8-9 mm.
The larvae feed on Prunus serotina. 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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