Phyllonorycter alnicolella

Phyllonorycter alnicolella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. alnicolella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter alnicolella; (Walsingham, 1889)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis alnicolellaWalsingham, 1889;

Last updated January 07, 2024

Phyllonorycter alnicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known California and Maine in the United States^[2] and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.^[3]

The wingspan is about 6 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus incana . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gracillariidae</span> Family of moths

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

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<i>Chrysaster ostensackenella</i> Species of moth

Chrysaster ostensackenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Québec and Nova Scotia in Canada, and the United States. It has also been recorded in 2015 from China and in 2017 from Korea, and in 2022 from Central Italy.

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

Phyllonorycter albanotella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, Maine, Vermont and Connecticut in the United States.

<i>Macrosaccus morrisella</i> Species of moth

Macrosaccus morrisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. In North America it is known from Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, south and west to Texas and Colorado.

Cameraria affinis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec, Canada, and the United States.

<i>Cameraria caryaefoliella</i> Species of moth

Cameraria caryaefoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and the United States.

<i>Cameraria quercivorella</i> Species of moth

Cameraria quercivorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia in Canada and Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Texas, Vermont and Illinois in the United States.

<i>Cameraria arcuella</i> Species of moth

Cameraria arcuella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Virginia and Maine in the United States.

Cameraria lobatiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia in Canada, and California in the United States.

Cameraria pentekes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia in Canada, and California and Washington in the United States.

Protolithocolletis lathyri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Michigan in the United States and from British Columbia east to Manitoba in Canada.

Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada, and Kentucky, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Illinois in the United States.

Leucanthiza dircella is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada, and the United States.

Phyllonorycter alaskana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Alaska in the United States, and Saskatchewan, Quebec, and Newfoundland in Canada.

Caloptilia fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.

Caloptilia strictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Manitoba and Québec in Canada and Maine in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gracillariinae</span> Subfamily of moths

Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

References

↑ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
↑ Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.

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[1] Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

[pohl18-3] Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.

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