Phyllonorycter martiella

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

Phyllonorycter martiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Québec in Canada and Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Vermont and Kentucky in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is about 6.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Betula species, including Betula lenta. 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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