Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter | |
Scientific name Phyllonorycter cretaceella People also search for Phyllonorycter baetica | ||
Phyllonorycter cretaceella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Arizona, United States.
The larvae feed on Quercus hypoleuca and Quercus hypoleucoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a yellowish and brownish blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. There is a single wrinkle in the epidermis.
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