Protolithocolletis lathyri

Protolithocolletis lathyri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Protolithocolletis
Species:
P. lathyri
Binomial name
Protolithocolletis lathyri
Braun, 1929

Protolithocolletis lathyri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Michigan in the United States and from British Columbia east to Manitoba in Canada.

The larvae feed on Lathyrus venosus and Lathyrus japonicus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is tentiform partially folding the leaflet.

References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Pohl, Gregory; Landry, Jean-François; Schmidt, B. Christian; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.
  3. ↑ microleps.org