Phyllonorycter deceptusella

Phyllonorycter deceptusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. deceptusella
Binomial name
	Phyllonorycter deceptusella; (Chambers, 1879)
Synonyms
	Lithocolletis deceptusella Chambers, 1879 ; Phyllonorycter deceptella (Meyrick, 1912) ; Phyllonorycter deceptisella (Hagen, 1884) ;

Phyllonorycter deceptusella is a moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known Kentucky and Maine in the United States.^[2]

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The wingspan is about 6 mm.

The larvae feed on Crataegus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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