Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella

Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. argentifimbriella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella; (Clemens, 1859)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis argentifimbriella Clemens, 1859 ; Phyllonorycter fuscocostella (Chambers, 1875) ; Phyllonorycter longestriata (Frey & Boll, 1873) ; Phyllonorycter longirostrata (Dyar, 1903) ; Phyllonorycter longistriata (Ely, 1818) ;

Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington in the United States.^[2]

The wingspan is 6.5–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea and Quercus prinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside the leaf. The pupa is suspended in the mine in a thin web.

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