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Phyllonorycter alnicolella

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter alnicolella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known California and Maine in the United States. The wingspan is about 6 mm. The larvae feed on Alnus incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf.
View Wikipedia Record: Phyllonorycter alnicolella

Prey / Diet

Alnus incana (gray alder)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caloptilia alnivorella1
Caloptilia pulchella1
Chionaspis lintneri (Lintner scale)1
Phyllonorycter auronitens1
Phyllonorycter incanella1

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0