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Phyllonorycter hagenii

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter hagenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. hagenii
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter hagenii
(Frey & Boll, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis hagenii Frey & Boll, 1873
  • Phyllonorycter hageni (Chambers, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter hageni (Dyar, 1903)
  • Phyllonorycter necopinusella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter necospinusella (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Phyllonorycter necospinusella Dyar, 1903

Phyllonorycter hagenii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Illinois, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Vermont and Connecticut in the United States.

The wingspan is 7.5–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea and Quercus prinus. 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)
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter hagenii


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