Phyllonorycter aberrans

Phyllonorycter aberrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. aberrans
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter aberrans; (Braun, 1930)

Last updated August 20, 2025

Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee in the United States.^[2]

The larvae feed on Desmodium species, including Desmodium canescens and Desmodium paniculatum . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phyllonorycter aberrans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.
↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

Braun, Annette (March 1930). "Notes and New Species of Microlepidoptera from the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County, Ohio". Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Volume 56, Number 1. American Entomological Society. pp. 1–17.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phyllonorycter aberrans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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