Phyllonorycter insignis

Phyllonorycter insignis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Maine in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter insignis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. insignis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter insignis
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis insignis Walsingham, 1889

The wingspan is about 9 mm.

The larvae feed on Erechtites species and Ceanothus integerrimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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