Phyllonorycter trinotella
| Phyllonorycter trinotella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. trinotella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter trinotella (Braun, 1908)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter trinotella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec in Canada and New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, Vermont and Michigan in the United States.[2]
The wingspan is about 5 mm.
The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer platanoides, Acer rubrum and Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform, much wrinkled mine on the underside of the leaf.
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