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Phyllonorycter martiella

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllonorycter martiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Québec in Canada and Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Vermont and Kentucky in the United States. The wingspan is about 6.8 mm. The larvae feed on Betula species, including Betula lenta. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elongated mine on the underside of the leaf.
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Prey / Diet

Betula lenta (sweet birch)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cameraria lentella1

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
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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