Phyllonorycter tiliacella

Phyllonorycter tiliacella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. tiliacella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter tiliacella; (Chambers, 1871)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis tiliacella Chambers, 1871 ; Phyllonorycter tiliaeella (Chambers, 1871) ; Phyllonorycter tilieacella (Dyar, 1903) ; Phyllonorycter tiliella (Walsingham, 1889) ; Phyllonorycter tilliaeella (Chambers, 1878) ;

Phyllonorycter tiliacella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec and Ontario) and the United States (including Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Maine, Vermont and Connecticut).^[2]

The larvae feed on Tilia species, including Tilia americana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on upperside leaf. The mine is white and densely speckled with dark brown. The pupa of the summer brood is suspended in a very slight silken web, in the brood remaining through the winter in the pupal state, a denser cocoon is spun, which is attached above and below.

References

^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

External links

Phyllonorycter at microleps.org

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[1] Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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