Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter | |
Scientific name Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella | ||
Phyllonorycter lysimachiaeella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Kentucky, Maine and New York in the United States.
The larvae feed on Lysimachia lanceolata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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