Protolithocolletis lathyri

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Protolithocolletis lathyri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Protolithocolletis
Species:
P. lathyri
Binomial name
Protolithocolletis lathyri
Braun, 1929

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. [1] [2]

The larvae feed on Lathyrus venosus and Lathyrus japonicus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is tentiform partially folding the leaflet. [3]

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. 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.
  3. microleps.org