Phyllonorycter alni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. alni |
Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter alni (Walsingham, 1891)[1] | |
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Phyllonorycter alni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Colorado and Maine in the United States.[2]
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Alnus species, including Alnus tenuifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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