Phyllonorycter rhododendrella

Phyllonorycter rhododendrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. rhododendrella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter rhododendrella
(Braun, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Phyllonorycter rhododrendrella Braun, 1935

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

The larvae feed on Rhododendron carolinianum and Rhododendron punctatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large tentiform mine.

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