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Phyllonorycter fragilella

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter fragilella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Québec in Canada and Texas, Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and Wyoming in the United States. The wingspan is 8.5-9 mm. The larvae feed on Lonicera species (including Lonicera sempervirens and Lonicera × bella Zabel 'albida'), Symphoricarpos species (including Symphoricarpos orbiculatus and Symphoricarpos vulgaris) and Chiococca alba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Chiococca alba (West Indian milkberry)[1]
Lonicera sempervirens (trumpet honeysuckle)[1]
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (coralberry)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cameraria affinis2
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella1
Phyllonorycter mariaeella1
Phyllonorycter symphoricarpaeella1

External References

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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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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