Phyllonorycter insignis

Phyllonorycter insignis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. insignis
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter insignis
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis insignis Walsingham, 1889

Phyllonorycter insignis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Maine in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm.

The larvae feed on Erechtites species and Ceanothus integerrimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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