Phyllonorycter propinquinella

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

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.

References

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