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Phyllonorycter comptoniella

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Species of moth

Phyllonorycter comptoniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. comptoniella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter comptoniella
(Darlington, 1949)

Phyllonorycter comptoniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia, Québec) and the United States (Connecticut, New Jersey and Vermont).

The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter comptoniella


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