Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter | |
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Scientific name Phyllonorycter olivaeformis | ||
Phyllonorycter olivaeformis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Maine, New York and Ohio in the United States.
The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an underside tentiform mine. Pupation takes place inside a black, frass-covered ovate cocoon
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