Phyllonorycter auronitens

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Phyllonorycter auronitens
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P. auronitens
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter auronitens
(Frey & Boll, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis auronitens Frey & Boll, 1873

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Phyllonorycter auronitens is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec in Canada and Massachusetts, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Vermont and Connecticut in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 6.5-8.2 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus species, including Alnus incana, Alnus rubra and Alnus rugosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The mine is roundish and the loosened epidermis is much wrinkled, resulting in the leaf being rather arched at this place.

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