Phyllonorycter alni

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Phyllonorycter alni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. alni
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter alni
(Walsingham, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis alniWalsingham, 1891
  • Phyllonorycter alnivorella(Chambers, 1875)

Phyllonorycter alni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Colorado and Maine in the United States. [2]

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus species, including Alnus tenuifolia . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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