Phyllonorycter rileyella

Phyllonorycter rileyella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. rileyella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter rileyella; (Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis rileyella Chambers, 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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