Phyllonorycter hagenii

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Phyllonorycter hagenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. hagenii
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter hagenii
(Frey & Boll, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hagenii Frey & Boll, 1873
  • Phyllonorycter hageni (Chambers, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter hageni (Dyar, 1903)
  • Phyllonorycter necopinusella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter necospinusella (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Phyllonorycter necospinusella Dyar, 1903

Phyllonorycter hagenii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Illinois, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Vermont and Connecticut in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 7.5–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea and Quercus prinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the upperside the leaf. The pupa is suspended in a few silken threads.

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