Phyllonorycter clemensella

Phyllonorycter clemensella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. clemensella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter clemensella; (Chambers, 1871)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis clemensella Chambers, 1871; Phyllonorycter clemensiella (Hagen, 1884) ; Phyllonorycter demensella Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova, 2004 ;

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

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.

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External links

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[1] Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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