Phyllonorycter deceptusella

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Phyllonorycter deceptusella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. deceptusella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter deceptusella
(Chambers, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis deceptusellaChambers, 1879
  • Phyllonorycter deceptella (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Phyllonorycter deceptisella (Hagen, 1884)

Phyllonorycter deceptusella is a moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known Kentucky and Maine in the United States. [2]

The wingspan is about 6 mm.

The larvae feed on Crataegus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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