Phyllonorycter gemmea

Phyllonorycter gemmea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. gemmea
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter gemmea
(Frey & Boll, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis gemmea Frey & Boll, 1873

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

The wingspan is 7-7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Robinia species, including Robinia pseudacacia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.

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