Phyllonorycter scudderella

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Phyllonorycter scudderella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. scudderella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter scudderella
(Frey & Boll, 1873) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis scudderellaFrey and Boll, 1873
  • Lithocolletis salicivorellaBraun, 1908
  • Phyllonorycter salicivorella

Phyllonorycter scudderella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is widespread in eastern North America from Ontario to Ohio and in western North America from south-eastern Alaska to Oregon.

The length of the forewings is 3-4.3 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-March to early May and from late June to early October. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Salix babylonica , Salix bebbiana , Salix discolor and Salix candida species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform blotch on the underside of the leaf. It is located between the veins. It is elongate-oval and somewhat wrinkled.

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