Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter | |
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Scientific name Phyllonorycter clemensella People also search for Phyllonorycter deserticola | ||
Phyllonorycter clemensella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Maine, Connecticut and Michigan in the United States.
The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer saccharinum. 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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