Phyllonorycter fitchella

Phyllonorycter fitchella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Connecticut, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois, New York, California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Vermont, Colorado and Missouri in the United States.^[2]

Phyllonorycter fitchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. fitchella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter fitchella (Clemens, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis fitchella Clemens, 1860 Phyllonorycter quercetorum (Frey & Boll, 1873) Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Fitch, 1859) Phyllonorycter quercitorum (Chambers, 1877)

The wingspan is 7.5–8 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October in California.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus prinoides, Quercus prinus and Quercus stellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.