''Phyllonorycter apicinigrella'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is found along the western coast of the United States from
San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a County (United States), county on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 282, ...
, north to
British Columbia, Canada.
The length of the forewings is 2.7-3.8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and from mid-June to mid-September. There are either two or three generations per year.
The
larvae feed on ''
Salix'' species, including ''
Salix lasiandra
''Salix lucida'', the shining willow, Pacific willow, red willow, or whiplash willow, is a species of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats.Jepson Flora''Salix lucida''/ref>Plants of British Columbia' ...
'' and ''
Salix sitchensis'' species. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant.
References
apicinigrella
Moths of North America
Lepidoptera of the United States
Moths described in 1908
Leaf miners
Taxa named by Annette Frances Braun
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