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Phyllonorycter restrictella

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter restrictella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. restrictella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter restrictella
(Braun, 1939)

Phyllonorycter restrictella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and New York, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Michigan in the United States.

The larvae feed on Castanea dentata, Fagus grandifolia and Fagus sylvatica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter restrictella


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