Phyllonorycter aberrans

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Phyllonorycter aberrans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. aberrans
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aberrans
(Braun, 1930) [1]

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. The mine has the form of a white blotch mine, with a loosened epidermis which is very thin and almost pure white, on the upperside of the leaf

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<i>Phyllonorycter clemensella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Phyllonorycter albanotella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Phyllonorycter olivaeformis</i> Species of moth

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<i>Phyllonorycter diaphanella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Phyllonorycter symphoricarpaeella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Phyllonorycter tritaenianella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Phyllonorycter celtifoliella</i> Species of moth

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References

  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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