Phyllonorycter aberrans

Phyllonorycter aberrans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. aberrans
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aberrans
(Braun, 1930)

Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee in the United States.

The larvae feed on Desmodium species, including Desmodium canescens and Desmodium paniculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Phyllonorycter aberrans​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]