Phyllonorycter rileyella

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Phyllonorycter rileyella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. rileyella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter rileyella
(Chambers, 1875) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis rileyellaChambers, 1875
  • Phyllonorycter tenuistrigata(Frey & Boll, 1876)

Phyllonorycter rileyella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Florida, Maine and Ohio in the United States. [2]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus imbricaria , Quercus obtusifolia , Quercus rubra and Quercus stellata . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the underside of the leaf.

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