Phyllonorycter obscuricostella

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. obscuricostella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis obscuricostella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter virginella (Dyar, 1903)
  • Phyllonorycter virginiella (Chambers, 1871)

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine and New York in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Ostrya species, including Ostrya virginiana and Ostrya virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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