Phyllonorycter aberrans

Phyllonorycter aberrans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. aberrans
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aberrans (Braun, 1930) [1]

Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee in the United States.[2]

The larvae feed on Desmodium species, including Desmodium canescens and Desmodium paniculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Phyllonorycter aberrans​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)^[permanent dead link‍]

External links

• Braun, Annette (March 1930). "Notes and New Species of Microlepidoptera from the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County, Ohio". Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Volume 56, Number 1. American Entomological Society. pp. 1–17.