Phyllonorycter obscuricostella

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine and New York in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. obscuricostella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis obscuricostella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter virginella (Dyar, 1903)
  • Phyllonorycter virginiella (Chambers, 1871)

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Ostrya species, including Ostrya virginiana and Ostrya virginica. 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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