Phyllonorycter quercialbella

Phyllonorycter quercialbella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. quercialbella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter quercialbella; (Fitch, 1859)
Synonyms
	Argyromiges quercialbella Fitch, 1859; Phyllonorycter quercibella (Chambers, 1875) ; Phyllonorycter quercipulchella (Chambers, 1878) ; Phyllonorycter quercipulchrella (Riley, 1891) ;

Phyllonorycter quercialbella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec in Canada and the eastern United States including Illinois, New York and Kentucky.^[2]

The wingspan is about 7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus nigra and Quercus velutina. 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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