''Phyllonorycter rileyella'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Florida, Maine and Ohio in the United States.
The
wingspan is 6–8 mm.
The
larvae feed on ''
Quercus'' species, including ''
Quercus imbricaria
''Quercus imbricaria'', the shingle oak, is a deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks. It is native primarily to the Midwestern and Upper South regions of North America.
Description
A tree usually 15–18 meters (50–60 feet) high, maxi ...
'', ''
Quercus obtusifolia'', ''
Quercus rubra
''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...
'' and ''
Quercus stellata''. 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
External links
mothphotographersgroup
rileyella
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1875
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