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Phyllonorycter caryaealbella

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter caryaealbella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Georgia, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Florida in the United States. The wingspan is about 5 mm. The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis and Carya ovata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. The parenchyma is eaten off of the upper cuticle in a ring, leaving a green spot in the centre, which is then eaten off. The pupa is contained in an oval cocoon made of frass.
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Prey / Diet

Carya alba (mockernut hickory)[1]
Carya illinoinensis (pecan)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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Citations

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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