Phyllonorycter comptoniella
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
Species: | P. comptoniella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllonorycter comptoniella (Darlington, 1949)
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Phyllonorycter comptoniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia, Québec) and the United States (Connecticut, New Jersey and Vermont).[1]
The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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